Longuemare's Sunangel vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Heliangelus clarisse comparado con Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Longuemare's Sunangel Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Heliangelus clarisse Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud
Envergadura 12,5 cm (4.9 in)
Peso 5,5 g (0.19 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Andean elfin forest; visits Brachyotum and Ericaceae flowers. Catches small flies near flowering … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Longuemare's Sunangel only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Longuemare's Sunangel

Canto

Bright, musical chips in rapid succession; cheerful staccato notes with buoyant quality announcing territory boundaries.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Longuemare's Sunangel

Endemic to the Venezuelan Andes in Mérida and Táchira states in cloud forest. 2,000–3,200 m elevation.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Longuemare's Sunangel

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Longuemare's Sunangel

Plumaje

Scaled Metaltail: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green crown; white pectoral tufts; females with scaled underparts below

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Plumaje

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

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About These Birds

Longuemare's Sunangel

El solángel de Clarisse es un colibrí pequeño de los bosques nublados andinos del norte de Venezuela y Colombia. El macho tiene partes superiores verde brillante y una garganta de color rosado-violeta iridiscente. Se alimenta del néctar de diversas flores en los bosques nublados andinos. La hembra es más apagada. La pérdida de hábitat en los bosques nublados andinos es una preocupación para esta especie de distribución restringida.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

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