Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Sooty-capped Hermit

Nesophlox lyrura 비교 대상 Phaethornis augusti

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Sooty-capped Hermit
학명 Nesophlox lyrura Phaethornis augusti
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 8.0 cm (3.1 in) 11.4 cm (4.5 in)
체중 2.425 g (0.09 oz) 4.916666666666667 g (0.17 oz)
식성 Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore specializing in Heliconia and other curved tubular flowers. Supplements diet with small spiders and …
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Habitat Comparison

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Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

노래

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

Sooty-capped Hermit

노래

Rough, scratchy chatter with coarse texture; series of dry notes scraping together in loose rhythm near nest site.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

Sooty-capped Hermit

Found in arid scrub and forest edges of northern Venezuela and adjacent Colombia, including Margarita Island. Sea level to 1,200 m.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Sooty-capped Hermit

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

깃털

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

Sooty-capped Hermit

깃털

Great-billed Hermit: tawny underparts; greenish-olive crown; dark mask; white supercilium; massive decurved reddish-based bill; long tail

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About These Birds

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.

Sooty-capped Hermit

소티은둔벌새는 베네수엘라에서 페루까지 안데스 산록 숲에 서식하는 중형 은둔벌새입니다. 어두운 검은 모자와 초록색 몸통, 붉은갈색 허리가 특징입니다.

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