Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Green-headed Hillstar

Ocreatus addae comparado con Oreotrochilus stolzmanni

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Green-headed Hillstar
Nombre científico Ocreatus addae Oreotrochilus stolzmanni
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Not Evaluated Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 14,5 cm (5.7 in)
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 8,016666666666667 g (0.28 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of Peruvian high puna; visits Chuquiraga and Lupinus blooms. Supplements with small flies and …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Green-headed Hillstar only

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Green-headed Hillstar

Canto

Soft, pure descending whistle; gentle single note curving downward smoothly, warm and musical in quiet forest.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Green-headed Hillstar

Found on the western Andean slope and coastal desert hills of Peru at 1,500–3,600 m elevation.

Estado de conservación

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Green-headed Hillstar

About These Birds

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.

Green-headed Hillstar

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) found in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador at 2,800-4,200 m. Green plumage with a glittering green hood. Nectarivore of high-altitude shrubs and Puya plants. Closely related to Andean Hillstar. Sometimes considered conspecific.

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