Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Reddish Hermit

Ocreatus addae से तुलना Phaethornis ruber

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Rufous-booted Racket-tail Reddish Hermit
वैज्ञानिक नाम Ocreatus addae Phaethornis ruber
गण Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Trochilidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Not Evaluated Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 6.6 cm (2.6 in)
वजन 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 2.4 g (0.08 oz)
आहार Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet …
अंडों की संख्या 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

कोई नहीं

Reddish Hermit only

कोई नहीं

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

गीत

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

Reddish Hermit

गीत

Thin, reedy whistle with slightly nasal quality; soft sustained note barely wavering, issued from dense shrub cover.

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.

Reddish Hermit

Widespread in humid lowland forests from the Guianas south through Amazonian Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. Found at 0–900 m.

संरक्षण स्थिति

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Reddish Hermit

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.

Reddish Hermit

A tiny hermit hummingbird (7-8 cm) found in humid forests from the Guianas through Amazonia to Brazil and Bolivia. Rufous-brown plumage overall with a curved bill. Nectarivore of dense forest undergrowth. Visits tiny flowers near the forest floor. One of the smallest hermits.

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