Grey-breasted Sabrewing vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Campylopterus largipennis comparado com Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Grey-breasted Sabrewing Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
Nome científico Campylopterus largipennis Nesophlox lyrura
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 14,5 cm (5.7 in) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Peso 7,980000000000001 g (0.28 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
Dieta Feeds on nectar from Amazonian understory flowers, favouring Heliconia. Supplements diet with insects and spiders … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Grey-breasted Sabrewing only

Nenhum

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Canto

Soft, melodic warbling with gentle flowing quality; notes weaving smoothly in quiet musical phrase. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Canto

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Resident in lowland forests.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Plumagem

Livingstone's Turaco: rich glossy green body; long green crest with white tips; white facial stripe; crimson flight feathers; red bill

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Plumagem

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

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About These Birds

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

A large hummingbird (13-15 cm) widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Grey breast, green plumage, and thickened outer wing feathers (the sabrewing trait). Nectarivore of forest undergrowth and edges.

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.

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