Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Blue-vented Hummingbird

Ocreatus addae 비교 대상 Saucerottia hoffmanni

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Rufous-booted Racket-tail Blue-vented Hummingbird
학명 Ocreatus addae Saucerottia hoffmanni
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Not Evaluated Not Evaluated
체장
날개 폭
체중 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 4.85 g (0.17 oz)
식성 Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Feeds on nectar from Costa Rican lowland forest flowers and gardens. Supplements diet with small …
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Blue-vented Hummingbird 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.

Blue-vented Hummingbird

노래

Harsh, nasal chatter with emphatic delivery; rough buzzy notes delivered rapidly with coarse texture.

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.

Blue-vented Hummingbird

Found in dry to semi-humid habitats from Honduras to Costa Rica. Resident in gardens and forest edges.

보전 상태

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Not Evaluated

Blue-vented Hummingbird

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.

Blue-vented Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in dry to semi-humid habitats from Honduras to Costa Rica. Green plumage with blue vent. Nectarivore of gardens, scrub, and forest edges. Named after the German naturalist Karl Hoffmann. A Central American near-endemic.

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