Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Green-bellied Hummingbird

Ocreatus addae comparado com Saucerottia viridigaster

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Green-bellied Hummingbird
Nome científico Ocreatus addae Saucerottia viridigaster
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Not Evaluated Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 4,366666666666666 g (0.15 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of Andean foothills in Colombia and Venezuela; feeds at bromeliads and supplements with arthropods.
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Green-bellied Hummingbird only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Green-bellied Hummingbird

Canto

Rough, grating chatter with coarse texture; harsh series of notes delivered emphatically during territorial encounter.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Green-bellied Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Venezuela at 500-2,000 m. Resident in montane forest edges.

Estado de conservação

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Green-bellied Hummingbird

About These Birds

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.

Green-bellied Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Venezuela at 500-2,000 m. Green plumage with green belly. Nectarivore of montane forest edges and gardens. Taxonomy complex with several subspecies.

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