White-throated Mountain-gem vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Lampornis castaneoventris comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo White-throated Mountain-gem Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Lampornis castaneoventris Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud
Envergadura 12,2 cm (4.8 in)
Peso 5,58 g (0.20 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Costa Rican highlands; visits diverse cloud-forest flowers. Supplements diet with small insects and … 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

White-throated Mountain-gem only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

White-throated Mountain-gem

Canto

Thin, reedy trill with wavering quality; soft rapid notes with gentle tremolo effect given from cover.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

White-throated Mountain-gem

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama in cloud forest. 1,200–2,800 m. Resident.

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

White-throated Mountain-gem

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-throated Mountain-gem

El colibrí de pecho castaño es un colibrí endémico de las montañas de Costa Rica y el Panamá occidental, con vientre de color castaño.

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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