Colorful Puffleg vs Allen's Hummingbird

Eriocnemis mirabilis comparado com Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Colorful Puffleg Allen's Hummingbird
Nome científico Eriocnemis mirabilis Selasphorus sasin
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 10,2 cm (4.0 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
Peso 5,06 g (0.18 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore restricted to Colombian Pacific slope cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and Fuchsia. Supplements with arthropods. Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Colorful Puffleg only

Nenhum

Allen's Hummingbird only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Colorful Puffleg

Canto

Thin, wavering whistle with plaintive quality; soft slightly nasal tone trembling gently, poorly known vocally.

Allen's Hummingbird

Canto

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Colorful Puffleg

Endemic to a tiny area in the western Colombian Andes near the Río Mechengue at 1,400–2,000 m. Critically endangered.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

Estado de conservação

Endangered

Colorful Puffleg

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Colorful Puffleg

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the western Andes of Colombia at 1,800-2,200 m. Males have iridescent multicolored plumage and white leg puffs. Nectarivore of cloud forest. Classified as Critically Endangered with an extremely restricted range.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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