Tapajos Hermit vs Great Sapphirewing

Phaethornis aethopygus 비교 대상 Pterophanes cyanopterus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Tapajos Hermit Great Sapphirewing
학명 Phaethornis aethopygus Pterophanes cyanopterus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Vulnerable Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 8.2 cm (3.2 in) 21.0 cm (8.3 in)
체중 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 10.05 g (0.35 oz)
식성 Nectar generalist visiting a wide range of forest flowers; also catches small arthropods by aerial … Nectarivore of high Andean cloud forest and treeline; one of the largest hummingbirds. Visits Ericaceae …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Tapajos Hermit only

없음

Great Sapphirewing only

Song & Call Comparison

Tapajos Hermit

노래

Rapid, bubbling series of soft notes; pleasant liquid twittering reminiscent of water over pebbles in a shallow stream.

Great Sapphirewing

노래

Buzzy, insect-like trill with pulsing rhythm; high-frequency vibration with slight amplitude modulation near flowers.

Geographic Range & Migration

Tapajos Hermit

Found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, primarily along the Tapajós River and its tributaries. Resident in humid lowland forest undergrowth.

Great Sapphirewing

Found in high Andean cloud forests and páramo from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 2,400–3,800 m.

보전 상태

Vulnerable

Tapajos Hermit

Least Concern

Great Sapphirewing

How to Tell Them Apart

Tapajos Hermit

깃털

Small hermit; bronze-green upperparts with orange-buff rump; pale buff underparts with faint streaking; pale supercilium; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; Amazonian species recently split; orange-buff rump distinctive among small hermits.

Great Sapphirewing

About These Birds

Tapajos Hermit

타파조스은둔벌새는 브라질 중부 타파조스강 유역에 서식하는 소형 은둔벌새입니다. 녹색 깃털에 붉은갈색 아랫면이 특징이며, 최근 독립종으로 분류되었습니다.

Great Sapphirewing

A large hummingbird (18 cm, wingspan 28 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Bolivia at 2,500-3,500 m. Brilliant sapphire-blue wings, green body, and long tail. One of the largest hummingbirds. Nectarivore of montane forest, visiting large-flowered Ericaceae.

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