Gorgeted Puffleg vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Eriocnemis isabellae comparado com Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Gorgeted Puffleg Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
Nome científico Eriocnemis isabellae Nesophlox lyrura
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Critically Endangered Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 11,4 cm (4.5 in) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Peso 4,3 g (0.15 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of narrow-range Ecuadorian cloud forest; critically endangered. Forages at Ericaceae blooms; takes small insects. Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
Tamanho da postura -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Gorgeted Puffleg only

Nenhum

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Gorgeted Puffleg

Canto

Bright, musical trill with bubbly quality; rapid rolling notes cascading cheerfully in active territorial display at dawn.

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

Gorgeted Puffleg

Endemic to the Pacific slope of the western Andes of Colombia at 2,000–3,000 m. Critically endangered.

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

Critically Endangered

Gorgeted Puffleg

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Gorgeted Puffleg

Plumagem

Black-throated Brilliant: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; black throat; females green above; spotted below

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

Gorgeted Puffleg

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to a tiny area on the western slope of the Colombian Andes at 2,600-2,900 m. Males have an iridescent gorget and white leg puffs. Described in 2007. Critically Endangered due to extremely restricted range. Nectarivore of cloud forest.

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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