White-throated Mountain-gem vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Lampornis castaneoventris 比較対象 Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-throated Mountain-gem Rufous-booted Racket-tail
学名 Lampornis castaneoventris Ocreatus addae
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保全状況 Least Concern Not Evaluated
体長
翼開長 12.2 cm (4.8 in)
体重 5.58 g (0.20 oz) 3.0 g (0.11 oz)
食性 Nectarivore of Costa Rican highlands; visits diverse cloud-forest flowers. Supplements diet with small insects and … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
一腹卵数 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

White-throated Mountain-gem only

None

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

None

Song & Call Comparison

White-throated Mountain-gem

さえずり

Thin, reedy trill with wavering quality; soft rapid notes with gentle tremolo effect given from cover.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

さえずり

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

Geographic Range & Migration

White-throated Mountain-gem

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama in cloud forest. 1,200–2,800 m. Resident.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

保全状況

Least Concern

White-throated Mountain-gem

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-throated Mountain-gem

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,000-2,500 m. Males have a white throat and chestnut belly. Nectarivore of cloud forest and forest edges. A Talamanca-Chiriquí endemic.

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.

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