Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Ocreatus addae comparado com Threnetes leucurus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Pale-tailed Barbthroat
Nome científico Ocreatus addae Threnetes leucurus
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Not Evaluated Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 11,5 cm (4.5 in)
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 5,42 g (0.19 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Primarily nectarivore; uses its strongly hooked bill to probe for nectar in curved flowers; eats …
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Pale-tailed Barbthroat only

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Canto

Rapid, buzzing trill with insect-like quality; sustained high-frequency vibration followed by softer descending notes.

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.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Found in the Amazon basin and Guiana Shield from Venezuela and the Guianas south to Peru and Bolivia. Resident in humid forest interior.

Estado de conservação

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Plumagem

Bronze-green upperparts; pale greyish-buff underparts; dark malar stripe; tail pale buff-white with dark subterminal band; lacks the strong black banding of Band-tailed Barbthroat; Amazonian species with paler tail pattern.

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.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-12 cm) found in humid lowland forests of northern South America and Trinidad. Green plumage with white-tipped tail feathers and a decurved bill. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth, visiting Heliconia and Costus flowers. An important lowland forest pollinator.

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