Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Tepui Goldenthroat

Ocreatus addae 비교 대상 Polytmus milleri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Rufous-booted Racket-tail Tepui Goldenthroat
학명 Ocreatus addae Polytmus milleri
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Not Evaluated Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 12.8 cm (5.0 in)
체중 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 4.76 g (0.17 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore visiting tepui shrub flowers and lowland grasses. Supplements nectar with small arthropods gleaned from …
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

없음

Tepui Goldenthroat only

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

노래

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

Tepui Goldenthroat

노래

Pure, bell-like tone with long resonance; single clear note ringing out then slowly fading in open woodland.

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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.

Tepui Goldenthroat

Found on tepui plateaus of Venezuela and adjacent Guyana and Brazil in open highland vegetation. 1,200–2,800 m.

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보전 상태

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Tepui Goldenthroat

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

깃털

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

Tepui Goldenthroat

깃털

Rufous-throated Sapphire: males with shining rufous throat; bronze-green back; white pectoral tufts; females green above with rufous throat

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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.

Tepui Goldenthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the tepui highlands of southern Venezuela and adjacent Guyana. Green plumage with a golden throat. Nectarivore of tepui scrub and forest edges. Restricted to the Pantepui region above 1,000 m. Poorly known.

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