Allen's Hummingbird vs Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Selasphorus sasin 비교 대상 Threnetes leucurus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Allen's Hummingbird Pale-tailed Barbthroat
학명 Selasphorus sasin Threnetes leucurus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 8.1 cm (3.2 in) 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
체중 3.1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz) 5.42 g (0.19 oz)
식성 Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with … Primarily nectarivore; uses its strongly hooked bill to probe for nectar in curved flowers; eats …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Allen's Hummingbird only

없음

Pale-tailed Barbthroat only

Song & Call Comparison

Allen's Hummingbird

노래

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

노래

Rapid, buzzing trill with insect-like quality; sustained high-frequency vibration followed by softer descending notes.

Geographic Range & Migration

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Found in the Amazon basin and Guiana Shield from Venezuela and the Guianas south to Peru and Bolivia. Resident in humid forest interior.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

How to Tell Them Apart

Allen's Hummingbird

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

깃털

Bronze-green upperparts; pale greyish-buff underparts; dark malar stripe; tail pale buff-white with dark subterminal band; lacks the strong black banding of Band-tailed Barbthroat; Amazonian species with paler tail pattern.

About These Birds

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

창백꼬리지느러미벌새는 아마존 유역과 기아나 지방의 열대 저지대 숲에 서식하는 소형 벌새입니다. 녹색 등과 흰 꼬리 끝이 특징이며, 숲 내부의 꽃, 특히 진저 계열 식물의 꿀을 선호합니다.

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