Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Ocreatus addae comparado com Schistes albogularis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird
Nome científico Ocreatus addae Schistes albogularis
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Not Evaluated Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 3,925 g (0.14 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore visiting Centropogon and other understory flowers in Andean foothills. Gleans small insects from flowers …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Western Wedge-billed 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.

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Canto

Bright, musical series of ascending notes; cheerful rising phrase with clear quality delivered repeatedly at dawn.

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.

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Found on the western Andean slope in Colombia and Ecuador in cloud forest at 900–2,100 m elevation. Resident.

Estado de conservação

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Western Wedge-billed 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.

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador at 1,000-2,500 m. Green plumage with a distinctive wedge-shaped bill and white throat. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. Recently split from Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird.

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