Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Ocreatus addae comparado con Thalurania furcata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Nombre científico Ocreatus addae Thalurania furcata
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Not Evaluated Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 10,9 cm (4.3 in)
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 4,4 g (0.16 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Widespread Amazonian nectarivore visiting diverse forest-floor flowers. Supplements with insects and spiders caught in flight.
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Fork-tailed Woodnymph only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Canto

Buzzy, insect-like trill with monotonous quality; sustained rapid vibration with minimal melodic content.

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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.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina. Resident.

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Estado de conservación

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Plumaje

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Plumaje

Blue Bustard: males with slate-blue neck and breast; brown-vermiculated above; white belly; females brown above; pale below

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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.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina. Males have violet-blue underparts and green crown. Deeply forked tail. Nectarivore of forest edges and gardens.

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