Long-billed Starthroat vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Heliomaster longirostris comparado con Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Long-billed Starthroat Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
Nombre científico Heliomaster longirostris Nesophlox lyrura
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 11,7 cm (4.6 in) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Peso 6,540000000000001 g (0.23 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of lowland and foothill open habitats; visits diverse flowers at forest edges and clearings. … 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

Long-billed Starthroat only

Ninguno

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Long-billed Starthroat

Canto

Soft, liquid notes cascading gently; mellow flowing sequence with subtle variation characteristic of Andean forest species.

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

Long-billed Starthroat

Widespread from southern Mexico through Central America to Bolivia, Brazil, and Trinidad. Prefers open habitats. 0–1,200 m.

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

Long-billed Starthroat

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Long-billed Starthroat

Plumaje

Stripe-breasted Starthroat (alt): tiny; males with brilliant violet gorget; metallic green above; females plain green above; spots

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

Long-billed Starthroat

El colibrí de pico largo de coronilla castaña es un colibrí de tamaño mediano del sur de México y América del Sur. El macho tiene partes superiores verde brillante, coronilla castaña y un gorjal rojo-rosado iridiscente. Tiene un pico notablemente largo para acceder al néctar de flores tubulares. Habita en bosques húmedos y bordes de bosque. Contribuye a la polinización de muchas plantas tropicales.

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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