बजरिगर तोता vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Melopsittacus undulatus से तुलना Archilochus colubris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता बजरिगर तोता Ruby-throated Hummingbird
वैज्ञानिक नाम Melopsittacus undulatus Archilochus colubris
गण Psittaciformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Psittaculidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई 18.0 cm (7.1 in) 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
पंखों का फैलाव 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
वजन 30.0 g (1.06 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
आहार Primarily grass seeds and other small seeds. In the wild, feeds on the ground in … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
अंडों की संख्या 4-6 2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
बजरिगर तोता 18.0 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
पंखों का फैलाव
बजरिगर तोता 30.0 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
वजन
बजरिगर तोता 30.0 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g
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Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

कोई नहीं

बजरिगर तोता only

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

बजरिगर तोता

Open grasslands, scrublands, and woodland in the Australian interior. Nomadic, following rainfall and seeding events.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

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Song & Call Comparison

बजरिगर तोता

गीत

A rising, chattering 'budgerigar' chatter: rapid series of 'chek-chek-chek' and melodic warbling. Enormous wild flocks produce a continuous roaring chorus. Good vocal mimics in captivity.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

गीत

Soft, high-pitched chattering and twittering 'chee-dit'. Also produces a thin 'tik' call in flight. Wing beats create an audible high-pitched humming buzz during hovering.

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Geographic Range & Migration

बजरिगर तोता

Interior of Australia, especially arid and semi-arid regions. One of the most popular pet birds worldwide.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. Winters in Central America and southern Mexico.

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संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

बजरिगर तोता

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

बजरिगर तोता

पंख

Wild-type is green with yellow head and barred black scalloping on upperparts. Captive-bred varieties include blue, white, yellow, and many other colors.

चोंच

Short, downward-curved, olive-grey bill typical of parakeets

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

पंख

Metallic green upperparts and greyish-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent ruby-red gorget that appears black in poor light. Females lack the gorget.

चोंच

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

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About These Birds

बजरिगर तोता

The budgerigar is the third most popular pet in the world after dogs and cats, and by far the most common pet parrot. Wild budgies travel in enormous nomadic flocks that can darken the sky. Males can learn to mimic human speech, with one record-holding budgie having a vocabulary of 1,728 words.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only breeding hummingbird in eastern North America. These tiny birds beat their wings about 53 times per second and can fly backwards, sideways, and even briefly upside down. They make an extraordinary non-stop 800 km crossing of the Gulf of Mexico during migration.

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