Anna's Hummingbird vs Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Calypte anna 비교 대상 Threnetes leucurus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Anna's Hummingbird Pale-tailed Barbthroat
학명 Calypte anna Threnetes leucurus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 10.0 cm (3.9 in)
날개 폭 12.0 cm (4.7 in) 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
체중 4.3 g (0.15 oz) 5.42 g (0.19 oz)
식성 Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Primarily nectarivore; uses its strongly hooked bill to probe for nectar in curved flowers; eats …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10.0 cm
Pale-tailed Barbthroat
날개 폭
Anna's Hummingbird 12.0 cm
Pale-tailed Barbthroat 11.5 cm
체중
Anna's Hummingbird 4.3 g
Pale-tailed Barbthroat 5.42 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Anna's Hummingbird only

Pale-tailed Barbthroat only

Anna's Hummingbird

Chaparral, coastal sage scrub, gardens, parks, and open woodland along the Pacific coast. One of few hummingbirds not fully migratory.

Song & Call Comparison

Anna's Hummingbird

노래

Male produces a complex, scratchy song with buzzy 'dzzzzt' notes. Gives a nasal 'chee-chee-chee'. Males sing year-round, even in winter; one of few hummingbirds with true song.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

노래

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

Western North America from southern British Columbia along the Pacific coast to Baja California. Range has expanded northward.

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

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

How to Tell Them Apart

Anna's Hummingbird

깃털

Metallic bronze-green upperparts. Males have an iridescent rose-red crown and gorget. Females have green upperparts with grey underparts and a small red gorget patch.

부리

Medium-length, straight, thin black bill

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

Anna's Hummingbird

안나 벌새는 북아메리카 서해안에 서식하는 중간 크기의 벌새입니다. 수컷은 화려한 핫핑크색의 목 깃털을 가지고 있으며, 꽃에서 꿀을 먹고 작은 곤충도 잡아먹습니다.

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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