Green-and-white Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Elliotomyia viridicauda comparado com Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Green-and-white Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nome científico Elliotomyia viridicauda Ocreatus addae
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Not Evaluated
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso 5,8500000000000005 g (0.21 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore specialising in tubular blossoms; supplements the floral nectar diet with tiny insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Green-and-white Hummingbird only

Nenhum

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Green-and-white Hummingbird

Canto

Rough, buzzy chatter with coarse texture; harsh series of notes delivered emphatically near territory boundary.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Green-and-white Hummingbird

Found in humid Andean forests of Peru at 1,500-3,000 m. A Peruvian near-endemic of cloud forest.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Green-and-white Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Green-and-white Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in humid Andean forests of Peru at 1,500-3,000 m. Green plumage with white breast and green-tipped tail. Nectarivore of cloud forest and forest edges. A Peruvian near-endemic.

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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