Anna's Hummingbird vs Buff-tailed Sicklebill

Calypte anna 비교 대상 Eutoxeres condamini

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Anna's Hummingbird Buff-tailed Sicklebill
학명 Calypte anna Eutoxeres condamini
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 10.0 cm (3.9 in)
날개 폭 12.0 cm (4.7 in) 13.7 cm (5.4 in)
체중 4.3 g (0.15 oz) 9.98 g (0.35 oz)
식성 Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Nectar and arthropod feeder; hovers to extract nectar from pendant flowers and snatches small insects …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10.0 cm
Buff-tailed Sicklebill
날개 폭
Anna's Hummingbird 12.0 cm
Buff-tailed Sicklebill 13.7 cm
체중
Anna's Hummingbird 4.3 g
Buff-tailed Sicklebill 9.98 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Anna's Hummingbird only

Buff-tailed Sicklebill only

Anna's Hummingbird

Chaparral, coastal sage scrub, gardens, parks, and open woodland along the Pacific coast. One of few hummingbirds not fully migratory.

Song & Call Comparison

Anna's Hummingbird

노래

Male produces a complex, scratchy song with buzzy 'dzzzzt' notes. Gives a nasal 'chee-chee-chee'. Males sing year-round, even in winter; one of few hummingbirds with true song.

Buff-tailed Sicklebill

노래

Sharp, scratchy chip note repeated rapidly; dry staccato delivery with rough texture, audible during competitive interactions.

Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

Western North America from southern British Columbia along the Pacific coast to Baja California. Range has expanded northward.

Buff-tailed Sicklebill

Found in the eastern Andes from Colombia and Ecuador south to Bolivia at 400–1,500 m. Resident in forest undergrowth at Heliconia flowers.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Buff-tailed Sicklebill

How to Tell Them Apart

Anna's Hummingbird

깃털

Metallic bronze-green upperparts. Males have an iridescent rose-red crown and gorget. Females have green upperparts with grey underparts and a small red gorget patch.

부리

Medium-length, straight, thin black bill

Buff-tailed Sicklebill

깃털

Green-bronze upperparts; buff and dark brown heavily streaked underparts; buff-tipped tail feathers; strongly sickle-shaped curved bill; sexes similar; buff tail tips distinguish from White-tipped Sicklebill; Andean foothills specialist.

About These Birds

Anna's Hummingbird

안나 벌새는 북아메리카 서해안에 서식하는 중간 크기의 벌새입니다. 수컷은 화려한 핫핑크색의 목 깃털을 가지고 있으며, 꽃에서 꿀을 먹고 작은 곤충도 잡아먹습니다.

Buff-tailed Sicklebill

강하게 구부러진 부리를 가진 12~14cm 중형 벌새로 에콰도르와 페루 안데스 운무림에 서식. 헬리코니아 꽃의 꿀을 먹는다. 관심필요종.

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