White-crested Coquette vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Lophornis adorabilis से तुलना Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता White-crested Coquette Ruby-throated Hummingbird
वैज्ञानिक नाम Lophornis adorabilis Archilochus colubris
गण Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Trochilidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
पंखों का फैलाव 7.6 cm (3.0 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
वजन 2.645 g (0.09 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
आहार Nectarivore of cloud-forest borders; forages at diverse small flowers. Catches tiny insects in rapid hovering … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
White-crested Coquette
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
पंखों का फैलाव
White-crested Coquette 7.6 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
वजन
White-crested Coquette 2.645 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

White-crested Coquette only

कोई नहीं

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

कोई नहीं

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

Song & Call Comparison

White-crested Coquette

गीत

Harsh, crackling buzz with emphatic onset; abrupt rough trill issuing suddenly from dense shrub then stopping.

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

White-crested Coquette

Found from Costa Rica south through Panama to western Colombia on the Pacific slope in foothill forest. 300–1,200 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

White-crested Coquette

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

White-crested Coquette

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

About These Birds

White-crested Coquette

A tiny hummingbird (7 cm) found in humid forests and edges of Costa Rica and western Panama. Males have a white crest and rufous cheek plumes. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. The species epithet adorabilis reflects its charming appearance.

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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