Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Long-tailed Woodnymph

Ocreatus addae comparado com Thalurania watertonii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Long-tailed Woodnymph
Nome científico Ocreatus addae Thalurania watertonii
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Not Evaluated Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 10,9 cm (4.3 in)
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 4,3999999999999995 g (0.16 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Feeds on floral nectar in Atlantic Forest understory; supplements diet with small insects and spiders …
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Long-tailed Woodnymph 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.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

Canto

Soft, sibilant notes in flowing sequence; gentle high twittering with airy quality near flowering vegetation.

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.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Classified as Endangered due to severe habitat fragmentation.

Estado de conservação

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Endangered

Long-tailed Woodnymph

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.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Males have a long, deeply forked violet-blue tail and green body. Nectarivore of forest edges. Classified as Endangered due to severe Atlantic Forest fragmentation.

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