Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Puerto Rican Emerald

Ocreatus addae comparado com Riccordia maugaeus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Puerto Rican Emerald
Nome científico Ocreatus addae Riccordia maugaeus
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Not Evaluated Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 4,25 g (0.15 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Puerto Rican endemic nectarivore, visiting forest and garden flowers. Supplements nectar with insects and spiders …
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Puerto Rican Emerald 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.

Puerto Rican Emerald

Canto

Thin, reedy trill with nasal overtone; soft chattering notes delivered continuously during rapid low flight.

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.

Puerto Rican Emerald

Endemic to Puerto Rico. Resident across the island from coastal lowlands to mountain cloud forests.

Estado de conservação

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Puerto Rican Emerald

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.

Puerto Rican Emerald

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) endemic to Puerto Rico. Bright emerald-green plumage. Nectarivore of forests, gardens, and plantations across the island. Puerto Rico's only endemic hummingbird. Found from coastal lowlands to mountain cloud forests.

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