Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Nesophlox lyrura 비교 대상 Threnetes leucurus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Pale-tailed Barbthroat
학명 Nesophlox lyrura Threnetes leucurus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 8.0 cm (3.1 in) 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
체중 2.425 g (0.09 oz) 5.42 g (0.19 oz)
식성 Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Primarily nectarivore; uses its strongly hooked bill to probe for nectar in curved flowers; eats …
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Pale-tailed Barbthroat only

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Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

노래

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

노래

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

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.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

깃털

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

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.

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About These Birds

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

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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