Tapajos Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis aethopygus से तुलना Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Tapajos Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
वैज्ञानिक नाम Phaethornis aethopygus Selasphorus sasin
गण Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Trochilidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Vulnerable Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 8.2 cm (3.2 in) 8.1 cm (3.2 in)
वजन 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 3.1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
आहार Nectar generalist visiting a wide range of forest flowers; also catches small arthropods by aerial … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
अंडों की संख्या -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Tapajos Hermit only

कोई नहीं

Allen's Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Tapajos Hermit

गीत

Rapid, bubbling series of soft notes; pleasant liquid twittering reminiscent of water over pebbles in a shallow stream.

Allen's Hummingbird

गीत

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Tapajos Hermit

Found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, primarily along the Tapajós River and its tributaries. Resident in humid lowland forest undergrowth.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

संरक्षण स्थिति

Vulnerable

Tapajos Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Tapajos Hermit

पंख

Small hermit; bronze-green upperparts with orange-buff rump; pale buff underparts with faint streaking; pale supercilium; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; Amazonian species recently split; orange-buff rump distinctive among small hermits.

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Tapajos Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found along the Tapajós River basin in central Brazil. Green plumage with rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Recently described as a species distinct from other Phaethornis hermits based on vocal and plumage differences.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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