Marvelous Spatuletail vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Loddigesia mirabilis comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Marvelous Spatuletail Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Loddigesia mirabilis Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Near Threatened Not Evaluated
Longitud — —
Envergadura 8,4 cm (3.3 in) —
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of northern Peruvian cloud forest. Visits Ericaceae and Alstroemeria flowers; supplements with small arthropods. Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Marvelous Spatuletail only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Marvelous Spatuletail

Canto

Extraordinarily high, thin squeak barely audible; minute twittering notes almost beyond perception, given rarely by male.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Marvelous Spatuletail

Endemic to a small area of the Río Utcubamba valley in Amazonas region, Peru at 2,100–2,900 m. Endangered.

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

Near Threatened

Marvelous Spatuletail

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Marvelous Spatuletail

One of the world's most extraordinary hummingbirds (10 cm body, males with 15 cm tail rackets). Males have two extremely long outer tail feathers ending in large, iridescent violet-blue discs. Endemic to a tiny area of northern Peru. Critically Endangered. Fewer than 1,000 individuals.

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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