Fiery-tailed Awlbill vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Avocettula recurvirostris 比較対象 Archilochus colubris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Fiery-tailed Awlbill Ruby-throated Hummingbird
学名 Avocettula recurvirostris Archilochus colubris
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
翼開長 11.2 cm (4.4 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
体重 4.25 g (0.15 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
食性 Nectarivore with upturned bill tip for accessing pendant Heliconia flowers. Supplements with small insects caught … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
一腹卵数 2 2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Fiery-tailed Awlbill
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
翼開長
Fiery-tailed Awlbill 11.2 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
体重
Fiery-tailed Awlbill 4.25 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Fiery-tailed Awlbill only

None

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

None

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

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Song & Call Comparison

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

さえずり

High, bright twittering cascade; light rapid notes tumbling freely in animated vocal sequence during display.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

さえずり

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

Found in humid forest edges and clearings from Trinidad and Venezuela east through the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil. 0–600 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

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保全状況

Least Concern

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

羽毛

Gilded Hummingbird: males with brilliant violet-blue gorget; metallic bronze-green above; white pectoral tufts; females with spotted below

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

羽毛

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.

くちばし

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

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About These Birds

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

独特に反り上がったキリ状の嘴を持つ小型のハチドリ(8〜9cm)。緑色の羽毛と燃えるようなオレンジ赤色の尾を持つ。ベネズエラ東部からギアナを経てアマゾニアにかけての湿潤低地林に生息する。蜜と昆虫を食べる。同属唯一の種。

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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