Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Ocreatus addae 比較対象 Threnetes leucurus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-booted Racket-tail Pale-tailed Barbthroat
学名 Ocreatus addae Threnetes leucurus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保全状況 Not Evaluated Least Concern
体長
翼開長 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
体重 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 5.42 g (0.19 oz)
食性 Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Primarily nectarivore; uses its strongly hooked bill to probe for nectar in curved flowers; eats …
一腹卵数 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

None

Pale-tailed Barbthroat only

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

さえずり

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

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

さえずり

Rapid, buzzing trill with insect-like quality; sustained high-frequency vibration followed by softer descending notes.

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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.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Found in the Amazon basin and Guiana Shield from Venezuela and the Guianas south to Peru and Bolivia. Resident in humid forest interior.

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保全状況

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

羽毛

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

羽毛

Bronze-green upperparts; pale greyish-buff underparts; dark malar stripe; tail pale buff-white with dark subterminal band; lacks the strong black banding of Band-tailed Barbthroat; Amazonian species with paler tail pattern.

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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.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

パールホワイトアーミットはアマゾン盆地北部に生息する珍しいハチドリです。白い尾の先端が特徴的です。

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