Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Sooty Barbthroat

Nesophlox lyrura 比較対象 Threnetes niger

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Sooty Barbthroat
学名 Nesophlox lyrura Threnetes niger
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 8.0 cm (3.1 in) 11.8 cm (4.6 in)
体重 2.425 g (0.09 oz) 5.8 g (0.20 oz)
食性 Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Primarily nectarivore visiting tubular flowers; supplements diet with small insects and spiders for protein.
一腹卵数 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

None

Sooty Barbthroat only

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Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

さえずり

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

Sooty Barbthroat

さえずり

Melodic, descending whistle with rich timbre; smooth pure tone dropping gracefully through several semitones then fading.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

Sooty Barbthroat

Found in a restricted range in northeastern Brazil and adjacent French Guiana. Resident in coastal rainforest. Rare and locally distributed.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Sooty Barbthroat

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

羽毛

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

Sooty Barbthroat

羽毛

Dark sooty-brown and green upperparts; sooty-dark throat and breast; belly pale grey-buff; tail dark with pale tip; Guiana region endemic; distinctly darker and sootier below than other barbthroats with heavily …

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About These Birds

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

Sooty Barbthroat

ブラックバーブスロートアーミットはガイアナと隣接地域の熱帯雨林に生息するハチドリの一種です。喉の黒い模様が特徴です。

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