Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Chalybura urochrysia comparado com Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nome científico Chalybura urochrysia Ocreatus addae
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Not Evaluated
Comprimento
Envergadura 13,0 cm (5.1 in)
Peso 6,55 g (0.23 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of humid Central American and Colombian lowland forest. Takes insects and spiders to supplement … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Tamanho da postura -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer only

Nenhum

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Canto

Thin, high-pitched chip barely audible; minute staccato notes cascading gently near dense flowering shrubbery.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Found in humid lowland forests from Honduras to Ecuador. Resident in Caribbean and Pacific lowland forests.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Plumagem

Buff-crested Bustard: pale buff-white below; brown-vermiculated above; black and white crest; males with erectile feathers; large

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Plumagem

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

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About These Birds

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Beija-flor-de-rabo-dourado (Chalybura urochrysia), 10–12 cm. Macho com plumagem verde brilhante, coberteiras superiores da cauda dourado-cobreadas. Fêmea mais opaca. Habita florestas úmidas e bordas de mata na Costa Rica, Panamá e noroeste da Colômbia. Alimenta-se de néctar de flores de sub-bosque e insetos.

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.

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