Stripe-breasted Starthroat vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Heliomaster squamosus 비교 대상 Archilochus colubris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Stripe-breasted Starthroat Ruby-throated Hummingbird
학명 Heliomaster squamosus Archilochus colubris
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
날개 폭 11.2 cm (4.4 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
체중 5.75 g (0.20 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of Brazilian savanna and forest edges; visits Mimosa and other open-country flowers. Supplements with … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Stripe-breasted Starthroat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
날개 폭
Stripe-breasted Starthroat 11.2 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
체중
Stripe-breasted Starthroat 5.75 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Stripe-breasted Starthroat only

없음

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

없음

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

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Song & Call Comparison

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

노래

Sharp, whistled descending phrase; clean notes stepping down smoothly with melodic precision in humid forest.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

노래

Soft, high-pitched chattering and twittering 'chee-dit'. Also produces a thin 'tik' call in flight. Wing beats create an audible high-pitched humming buzz during hovering.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

Found in semi-arid scrub and caatinga of eastern Brazil from Pará south to Minas Gerais. Sea level to 800 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. Winters in Central America and southern Mexico.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

깃털

Mexican Sheartail (alt): males with iridescent magenta gorget; metallic green above; white belly; deeply forked tail; females plain

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

깃털

Metallic green upperparts and greyish-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent ruby-red gorget that appears black in poor light. Females lack the gorget.

부리

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

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About These Birds

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

반점꼬리장창벌새(Heliomaster squamosus)는 브라질 동부·중부의 세라도와 건조림에 서식하는 12–13cm 중형 벌새다.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only breeding hummingbird in eastern North America. These tiny birds beat their wings about 53 times per second and can fly backwards, sideways, and even briefly upside down. They make an extraordinary non-stop 800 km crossing of the Gulf of Mexico during migration.

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