Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Azure-crowned Hummingbird

Ocreatus addae comparado con Saucerottia cyanocephala

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Azure-crowned Hummingbird
Nombre científico Ocreatus addae Saucerottia cyanocephala
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Not Evaluated Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 5,599999999999999 g (0.20 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Feeds on nectar from dry Mexican highlands; supplements with small insects and spiders gleaned from …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Azure-crowned Hummingbird 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.

Azure-crowned Hummingbird

Canto

Rapid, light twittering with bright crystalline quality; airy notes cascading freely in animated aerial display.

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.

Azure-crowned Hummingbird

Found in humid montane forests from Mexico to Honduras at 800-2,500 m. Resident in Central American highlands.

Estado de conservación

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Azure-crowned Hummingbird

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.

Azure-crowned Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in humid montane forests from Mexico to Honduras at 800-2,500 m. Green plumage with an azure-blue crown (males). Nectarivore of cloud forest edges and gardens. One of the most common highland hummingbirds in Mesoamerica.

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