Blue-capped Puffleg vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Eriocnemis glaucopoides 비교 대상 Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Blue-capped Puffleg Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
학명 Eriocnemis glaucopoides Nesophlox lyrura
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 10.1 cm (4.0 in) 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
체중 3.75 g (0.13 oz) 2.425 g (0.09 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of Colombian Andes; fluffy leg tufts show during hover at Ericaceae blooms. Gleans small … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
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Habitat Comparison

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Blue-capped Puffleg only

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Blue-capped Puffleg

노래

Buzzy, high-pitched trill barely audible; rapid soft vibration with insect-like quality during hovering near blossoms.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

노래

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Blue-capped Puffleg

Endemic to Argentina and adjacent Bolivia in high Andean scrub and puna at 2,600–4,200 m elevation.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Blue-capped Puffleg

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blue-capped Puffleg

깃털

Velvet-browed Brilliant: males with iridescent purple gorget; velvety black brow; metallic bronze-green above; females green with spots

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

깃털

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

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About These Birds

Blue-capped Puffleg

볼리비아부터 아르헨티나 북부까지 안데스 운무림의 10~11cm 소형 벌새. 파란 귀덮개가 특징. 관심필요종.

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.

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