Scissor-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Hylonympha macrocerca comparado com Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nome científico Hylonympha macrocerca Ocreatus addae
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Not Evaluated
Comprimento
Envergadura 13,3 cm (5.2 in)
Peso 7,25 g (0.26 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Venezuelan cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and diverse forest flowers. Catches small insects near … 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

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird only

Nenhum

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Canto

Sharp, emphatic chip note repeated rapidly; clean staccato delivery with rising intensity during territorial display.

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

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela in cloud forest at 700–1,200 m. Critically endangered.

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

Endangered

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Plumagem

Gorgeted Woodstar (alt): males with iridescent blue gorget; metallic green body; white pectoral tufts; females green above; spotted

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

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

O beija-flor-de-cauda-longa-venezuelano é um beija-flor raro com cauda extremamente longa, endêmico das montanhas da Venezuela, em perigo de extinção.

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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