Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Planalto Hermit

Ocreatus addae comparado con Phaethornis pretrei

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Planalto Hermit
Nombre científico Ocreatus addae Phaethornis pretrei
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Not Evaluated Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 11,9 cm (4.7 in)
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 5,0200000000000005 g (0.18 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore following trap-lining routes through Heliconia and Costus flowers. Catches small arthropods for protein.
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Planalto Hermit only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Planalto Hermit

Canto

Melodic, rising whistle with hopeful quality; smooth ascending note curving upward then briefly hovering before fading.

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.

Planalto Hermit

Endemic to eastern and central Brazil from Piauí and Goiás to Mato Grosso. Found in cerrado and dry forest at 300–800 m.

Estado de conservación

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Planalto Hermit

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.

Planalto Hermit

A medium-sized hermit hummingbird (13-15 cm) found in cerrado, gallery forests, and dry woodlands of central and eastern Brazil. Green upperparts, pale underparts, and rufous rump with long, white-tipped central tail feathers. Named after the French naturalist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire.

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