Green-tailed Trainbearer vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Lesbia nuna comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Green-tailed Trainbearer Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Lesbia nuna Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud — —
Envergadura 10,3 cm (4.1 in) —
Peso 3,733333333333333 g (0.13 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of montane hedgerows and scrub; forages at diverse shrub flowers. Catches small insects in … 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

Ninguno

Green-tailed Trainbearer only

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Song & Call Comparison

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Canto

Melodic, rolling phrase with liquid quality; warm bubbly notes tumbling loosely in pleasant continuous musical sequence.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Widespread in open Andean habitats from Colombia south through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 1,500–4,000 m elevation.

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

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Green-tailed Trainbearer

A medium-sized hummingbird (10 cm body + tail in males) found in Andean highlands from Venezuela to Peru at 2,000-3,800 m. Males have long green tail streamers, shorter than Black-tailed Trainbearer. Nectarivore of scrubby hillsides, gardens, and cloud forest edges.

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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