Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Green-headed Hillstar

Ocreatus addae 비교 대상 Oreotrochilus stolzmanni

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Rufous-booted Racket-tail Green-headed Hillstar
학명 Ocreatus addae Oreotrochilus stolzmanni
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Not Evaluated Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
체중 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 8.016666666666667 g (0.28 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of Peruvian high puna; visits Chuquiraga and Lupinus blooms. Supplements with small flies and …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

없음

Green-headed Hillstar only

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

노래

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

Green-headed Hillstar

노래

Soft, pure descending whistle; gentle single note curving downward smoothly, warm and musical in quiet forest.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Green-headed Hillstar

Found on the western Andean slope and coastal desert hills of Peru at 1,500–3,600 m elevation.

보전 상태

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Green-headed Hillstar

About These Birds

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.

Green-headed Hillstar

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) found in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador at 2,800-4,200 m. Green plumage with a glittering green hood. Nectarivore of high-altitude shrubs and Puya plants. Closely related to Andean Hillstar. Sometimes considered conspecific.

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