Violet-headed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Klais guimeti comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Violet-headed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Klais guimeti Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud — —
Envergadura 9,7 cm (3.8 in) —
Peso 2,775 g (0.10 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Feeds on nectar from lowland and foothill flowers in humid Central and South America. Supplements … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Violet-headed Hummingbird only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Canto

Harsh, emphatic screech with forceful projection; loud rough call carrying across open terrain assertively.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Found in humid forests from Honduras to Bolivia at 400-1,500 m elevation. Resident in lowland and foothill forests.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Violet-headed Hummingbird

El colibrí de cabeza violeta es un pequeño colibrí con corona violeta metálica que habita en bosques montanos del norte de América del Sur.

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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