Scissor-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Hylonympha macrocerca 비교 대상 Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
학명 Hylonympha macrocerca Ocreatus addae
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Endangered Not Evaluated
체장
날개 폭 13.3 cm (5.2 in)
체중 7.25 g (0.26 oz) 3.0 g (0.11 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of Venezuelan cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and diverse forest flowers. Catches small insects near … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

노래

Sharp, emphatic chip note repeated rapidly; clean staccato delivery with rising intensity during territorial display.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

노래

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela in cloud forest at 700–1,200 m. Critically endangered.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

보전 상태

Endangered

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

시자꼬리벌새는 베네수엘라에서만 발견되는 희귀한 벌새 종이다. 수컷은 매우 긴 꼬리 깃털을 가지고 있으며 녹색과 갈색의 깃털 색을 가진다. 산악 지대의 숲에서 서식하며 특정 꽃들의 꿀을 먹고 산다.

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.

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