Long-tailed Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis superciliosus से तुलना Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Long-tailed Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
वैज्ञानिक नाम Phaethornis superciliosus Selasphorus sasin
गण Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
कुल Trochilidae Trochilidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 11.7 cm (4.6 in) 8.1 cm (3.2 in)
वजन 5.15 g (0.18 oz) 3.1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
आहार Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
अंडों की संख्या 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Long-tailed Hermit only

कोई नहीं

Allen's Hummingbird only

कोई नहीं

Song & Call Comparison

Long-tailed Hermit

गीत

Thin, sibilant hissing trill; continuous soft buzz with slight pulsing quality, issued during slow hovering near blossoms.

Allen's Hummingbird

गीत

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Long-tailed Hermit

Found in lowland humid forest from Colombia and Venezuela east through the Guianas and south through Amazonian Brazil. 0–700 m.

Allen's Hummingbird

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

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Long-tailed Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Long-tailed Hermit

A large hermit hummingbird (15-17 cm) found in humid lowland forests from Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. Green plumage with long, curved bill and very long, white-tipped central tail feathers. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Males gather in singing leks.

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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