Green-crowned Brilliant vs Great Sapphirewing

Heliodoxa jacula 비교 대상 Pterophanes cyanopterus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Green-crowned Brilliant Great Sapphirewing
학명 Heliodoxa jacula Pterophanes cyanopterus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 14.1 cm (5.6 in) 21.0 cm (8.3 in)
체중 7.633333333333333 g (0.27 oz) 10.05 g (0.35 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of Central American and Colombian cloud forest; visits diverse montane flowers. Catches small insects … Nectarivore of high Andean cloud forest and treeline; one of the largest hummingbirds. Visits Ericaceae …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Green-crowned Brilliant only

없음

Great Sapphirewing only

Song & Call Comparison

Green-crowned Brilliant

노래

Harsh, crackling buzz with emphatic onset; abrupt rough trill issuing from scrub then stopping sharply.

Great Sapphirewing

노래

Buzzy, insect-like trill with pulsing rhythm; high-frequency vibration with slight amplitude modulation near flowers.

Geographic Range & Migration

Green-crowned Brilliant

Found in humid foothill and lower montane forest from Costa Rica south through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. 400–1,600 m.

Great Sapphirewing

Found in high Andean cloud forests and páramo from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 2,400–3,800 m.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Green-crowned Brilliant

Least Concern

Great Sapphirewing

About These Birds

Green-crowned Brilliant

녹색왕관벌새(Heliodoxa jacula)는 과테말라에서 에콰도르까지 해발 400–2,000m 습한 삼림에 서식하는 12–13cm 중형 벌새다.

Great Sapphirewing

A large hummingbird (18 cm, wingspan 28 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Bolivia at 2,500-3,500 m. Brilliant sapphire-blue wings, green body, and long tail. One of the largest hummingbirds. Nectarivore of montane forest, visiting large-flowered Ericaceae.

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