Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Streak-throated Hermit

Ocreatus addae से तुलना Phaethornis rupurumii

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Rufous-booted Racket-tail Streak-throated Hermit
वैज्ञानिक नाम Ocreatus addae Phaethornis rupurumii
गण Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Trochilidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Not Evaluated Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 8.6 cm (3.4 in)
वजन 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
आहार Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore and insectivore; extracts nectar from trap-lining flowers and hawks small flying insects in forest …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

कोई नहीं

Streak-throated 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.

Streak-throated Hermit

गीत

High, thin peep barely audible beyond few metres; delicate single note repeated softly with long intervals in between.

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.

Streak-throated Hermit

Found in the Guiana Shield from Venezuela and Guyana south through Amazonia to Bolivia. Resident in lowland forest along streams and rivers.

संरक्षण स्थिति

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Streak-throated Hermit

How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Streak-throated Hermit

पंख

Tiny; green-bronze upperparts; buff underparts with fine dark streaking on throat; pale supercilium; white-tipped central tail feathers; Guiana Shield species; streaked throat pattern distinguishes from other small hermits.

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.

Streak-throated Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in humid forests and forest edges of the Guiana Shield and southern Venezuela. Green plumage with streak-patterned throat and rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Often confused with Little Hermit in the field.

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