Hook-billed Hermit vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Glaucis dohrnii comparado com Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Hook-billed Hermit Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nome científico Glaucis dohrnii Ocreatus addae
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Not Evaluated
Comprimento
Envergadura 12,6 cm (5.0 in)
Peso 6,659999999999999 g (0.23 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore and occasional insectivore; visits heliconia, bromeliads, and Inga flowers while trap-lining territories. 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

Hook-billed Hermit only

Nenhum

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Hook-billed Hermit

Canto

Thin, penetrating whistle sustained briefly; followed by rapid buzzing trill, combination unique among syntopic hummingbirds.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Hook-billed Hermit

Found along the Atlantic coast of eastern Brazil from Bahia to Espírito Santo. Resident in coastal rainforest. Endangered; highly restricted range.

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

Vulnerable

Hook-billed Hermit

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

How to Tell Them Apart

Hook-billed Hermit

Plumagem

Bronze-green upperparts; cinnamon-rufous underparts with faint darker barring; pale buff supercilium stripe; rufous-buff tail with dark subterminal band; strongly curved bill; vulnerable Brazilian Atlantic forest endemic.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Hook-billed Hermit

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-13 cm) endemic to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. Bronze-green plumage with a hooked bill tip. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth, visiting Heliconia and bromeliads. Classified as Endangered due to severe habitat loss in Brazil's coastal forests.

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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