Sword-billed Hummingbird vs Coppery Metaltail

Ensifera ensifera से तुलना Metallura theresiae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Sword-billed Hummingbird Coppery Metaltail
वैज्ञानिक नाम Ensifera ensifera Metallura theresiae
गण Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Trochilidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 15.3 cm (6.0 in) 11.7 cm (4.6 in)
वजन 12.75 g (0.45 oz) 4.925000000000001 g (0.17 oz)
आहार Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Nectarivore of Peruvian cloud forest; forages at Ericaceae and epiphytic orchids. Gleans tiny arthropods from …
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Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Sword-billed Hummingbird only

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Coppery Metaltail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Sword-billed Hummingbird

गीत

Thin, reedy whistle with plaintive character; soft nasal tone held briefly then gently fading in mist.

Coppery Metaltail

गीत

Deep, resonant trill with buzzing quality; powerful low-frequency churring vibrating through dense tropical vegetation.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 1,700–3,500 m.

Coppery Metaltail

Endemic to Peru in the Cordillera Negra region of the western Andes at 3,000–4,400 m elevation.

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संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Coppery Metaltail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sword-billed Hummingbird

पंख

Olivaceous Thornbill: males with iridescent purple gorget; metallic olive-bronze above; white underparts; females green above; spots

Coppery Metaltail

पंख

Purple-throated Mountain-gem: tiny; males with brilliant blue-violet gorget; metallic green above; females green above; spotted below

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About These Birds

Sword-billed Hummingbird

A remarkable hummingbird (14-15 cm body) with a bill as long as its body (8-10 cm), the longest bill relative to body size of any bird. Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia at 1,700-3,500 m. The extraordinarily long bill evolved to feed on deep tubular Passiflora flowers.

Coppery Metaltail

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) endemic to the Andes of central Peru at 2,500-3,800 m. Males have a coppery-bronze tail. Nectarivore of cloud forest and elfin forest edges. A Peruvian endemic. Named after the botanical collector Therese, Princess of Bavaria.

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