Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Tumbes Hummingbird

Ocreatus addae comparado com Thaumasius baeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-booted Racket-tail Tumbes Hummingbird
Nome científico Ocreatus addae Thaumasius baeri
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservação Not Evaluated Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 4,5249999999999995 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 forest understory, hovering at Heliconia and bromeliads. Supplements with spiders …
Tamanho da postura 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Nenhum

Tumbes Hummingbird 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.

Tumbes Hummingbird

Canto

Deep, resonant churring trill with powerful bass; low buzzing sound vibrating impressively in open forest.

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.

Tumbes Hummingbird

Found in arid Tumbesian scrub of western Peru and southwestern Ecuador. Resident in dry forest and coastal scrub.

Estado de conservação

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Tumbes 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.

Tumbes Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in arid Tumbesian scrub of western Peru and southwestern Ecuador. Green plumage with buff underparts. Nectarivore of dry forest and scrub. Named after the collector Karl Ernst von Baer. An arid-zone specialist.

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