Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Green-bearded Helmetcrest

Nesophlox lyrura comparado com Oxypogon guerinii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Green-bearded Helmetcrest
Nome científico Nesophlox lyrura Oxypogon guerinii
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 8,0 cm (3.1 in) 14,1 cm (5.6 in)
Peso 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 5,175000000000001 g (0.18 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Colombian páramo; forages at frailejón (Espeletia) and cushion plants. Catches small insects near …
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Green-bearded Helmetcrest only

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Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Canto

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

Green-bearded Helmetcrest

Canto

Sharp, high-pitched squeak with penetrating quality; sudden emphatic note given repeatedly near active feeding territory.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

Green-bearded Helmetcrest

Endemic to the eastern Andes of Colombia in high páramo at 3,200–4,800 m elevation. Locally common.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Green-bearded Helmetcrest

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Plumagem

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

Green-bearded Helmetcrest

Plumagem

Blue-tailed Hummingbird (alt): males with glittering blue-tipped gorget; metallic green above; blue tail; females green above with spots

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About These Birds

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

Green-bearded Helmetcrest

A small hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the eastern Andes of Colombia at 3,500-4,500 m. Males have a green beard and erect crest. Nectarivore of páramo and treeline habitats, visiting Espeletia and Ericaceae. A Colombian endemic of high-altitude páramo.

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