Buff-thighed Puffleg vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Haplophaedia assimilis comparado con Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Buff-thighed Puffleg Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
Nombre científico Haplophaedia assimilis Nesophlox lyrura
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 11,4 cm (4.5 in) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Peso 5,05 g (0.18 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Peruvian montane forest; forages at Ericaceae and bromeliads. Supplements diet with small arthropods. Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Buff-thighed Puffleg only

Ninguno

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Buff-thighed Puffleg

Canto

Melodic, two-note descending call; pure warm tones stepping down smoothly, given at regular intervals from perch.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Canto

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Buff-thighed Puffleg

Found on the eastern Andean slope in Peru in lower montane and foothill forest. 600–2,200 m elevation.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Buff-thighed Puffleg

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Buff-thighed Puffleg

Plumaje

Brown Violetear: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic bronze-green above; violet ear tufts; females green with spotted below

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Plumaje

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

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About These Birds

Buff-thighed Puffleg

El calzadito del Perú es un colibrí de las laderas andinas del Perú y Bolivia. Tiene plumaje verde brillante con las patas engalanadas con penachos de plumas blancas características del género. Habita en bordes de bosque montano húmedo y matorrales. Se alimenta de néctar de flores y pequeños artrópodos. Como todos los calzaditos, sus plumas en las patas le dan un aspecto característico. Especie de distribución restringida en los Andes centrales.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

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