Long-tailed Hermit vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Phaethornis superciliosus 비교 대상 Archilochus colubris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Long-tailed Hermit Ruby-throated Hummingbird
학명 Phaethornis superciliosus Archilochus colubris
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
날개 폭 11.7 cm (4.6 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
체중 5.15 g (0.18 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Long-tailed Hermit
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
날개 폭
Long-tailed Hermit 11.7 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
체중
Long-tailed Hermit 5.15 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

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없음

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

없음

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

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Song & Call Comparison

Long-tailed Hermit

노래

Thin, sibilant hissing trill; continuous soft buzz with slight pulsing quality, issued during slow hovering near blossoms.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

노래

Soft, high-pitched chattering and twittering 'chee-dit'. Also produces a thin 'tik' call in flight. Wing beats create an audible high-pitched humming buzz during hovering.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Long-tailed Hermit

Found in lowland humid forest from Colombia and Venezuela east through the Guianas and south through Amazonian Brazil. 0–700 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. Winters in Central America and southern Mexico.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Long-tailed Hermit

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Long-tailed Hermit

깃털

Black-crested Coquette: males with elongated black-tipped rufous crest; iridescent green gorget; white collar; females with rufous crown

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

깃털

Metallic green upperparts and greyish-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent ruby-red gorget that appears black in poor light. Females lack the gorget.

부리

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

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About These Birds

Long-tailed Hermit

긴꼬리은둔벌새는 베네수엘라에서 기아나를 거쳐 브라질 북부에 걸쳐 습한 저지대 숲에 서식하는 대형 은둔벌새입니다. 초록 깃털과 매우 긴 굽은 부리, 아주 긴 흰 끝 꼬리 깃털이 특징입니다.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only breeding hummingbird in eastern North America. These tiny birds beat their wings about 53 times per second and can fly backwards, sideways, and even briefly upside down. They make an extraordinary non-stop 800 km crossing of the Gulf of Mexico during migration.

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