Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs White-bearded Helmetcrest

Ocreatus addae comparado con Oxypogon lindenii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail White-bearded Helmetcrest
Nombre científico Ocreatus addae Oxypogon lindenii
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Not Evaluated Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 14,4 cm (5.7 in)
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 4,8 g (0.17 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore restricted to high Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta páramo. Visits sparse Espeletia blooms; supplements …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

White-bearded Helmetcrest 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.

White-bearded Helmetcrest

Canto

Soft, melodic ascending call; gentle pure tones rising gradually in unhurried musical sequence at forest edge.

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.

White-bearded Helmetcrest

Endemic to the Venezuelan Andes of Mérida in high páramo at 3,000–4,600 m. Restricted range.

Estado de conservación

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

White-bearded Helmetcrest

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.

White-bearded Helmetcrest

A small hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida and Trujillo) at 3,500-4,700 m. Males have a white beard and erect crest. Nectarivore of páramo, visiting Espeletia frailejón. A Venezuelan highland endemic.

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