Anna's Hummingbird vs Violet-headed Hummingbird

Calypte anna से तुलना Klais guimeti

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Anna's Hummingbird Violet-headed Hummingbird
वैज्ञानिक नाम Calypte anna Klais guimeti
गण Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Trochilidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई 10.0 cm (3.9 in)
पंखों का फैलाव 12.0 cm (4.7 in) 9.7 cm (3.8 in)
वजन 4.3 g (0.15 oz) 2.775 g (0.10 oz)
आहार Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Feeds on nectar from lowland and foothill flowers in humid Central and South America. Supplements …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10.0 cm
Violet-headed Hummingbird
पंखों का फैलाव
Anna's Hummingbird 12.0 cm
Violet-headed Hummingbird 9.7 cm
वजन
Anna's Hummingbird 4.3 g
Violet-headed Hummingbird 2.775 g

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

कोई नहीं

Anna's Hummingbird only

Violet-headed Hummingbird only

Anna's Hummingbird

Chaparral, coastal sage scrub, gardens, parks, and open woodland along the Pacific coast. One of few hummingbirds not fully migratory.

Song & Call Comparison

Anna's Hummingbird

गीत

Male produces a complex, scratchy song with buzzy 'dzzzzt' notes. Gives a nasal 'chee-chee-chee'. Males sing year-round, even in winter; one of few hummingbirds with true song.

Violet-headed Hummingbird

गीत

Harsh, emphatic screech with forceful projection; loud rough call carrying across open terrain assertively.

Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

Western North America from southern British Columbia along the Pacific coast to Baja California. Range has expanded northward.

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Found in humid forests from Honduras to Bolivia at 400-1,500 m elevation. Resident in lowland and foothill forests.

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Violet-headed Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Anna's Hummingbird

पंख

Metallic bronze-green upperparts. Males have an iridescent rose-red crown and gorget. Females have green upperparts with grey underparts and a small red gorget patch.

चोंच

Medium-length, straight, thin black bill

Violet-headed Hummingbird

About These Birds

Anna's Hummingbird

Anna's hummingbird is the most common hummingbird along the Pacific coast and one of only three species resident in the United States year-round. Males perform spectacular dive displays, plummeting from 40 meters and pulling up with a loud chirp produced by tail feathers. Their body temperature can drop to near ambient at night to conserve energy.

Violet-headed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8 cm) found in humid forests from Honduras to Bolivia at 400-1,500 m. Males have an iridescent violet-blue head. Green body. Nectarivore of forest edges and gaps. Named after the French ornithologist Jules Bourcier, who described it as Guimet's specimen.

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