Black-hooded Sunbeam vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Aglaeactis pamela เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Black-hooded Sunbeam Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Aglaeactis pamela Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 13.6 cm (5.4 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 5.5 g (0.19 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Bolivian high-altitude scrub; forages at Chuquiraga and Ericaceae. Catches small insects opportunistically. Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Black-hooded Sunbeam
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
Black-hooded Sunbeam 13.6 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Black-hooded Sunbeam 5.5 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g

Habitat Comparison

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

Song & Call Comparison

Black-hooded Sunbeam

เสียงร้อง

Deep, resonant churring with hollow quality; prolonged low buzzing trill carrying well through Andean scrub habitat.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Soft, high-pitched chattering and twittering 'chee-dit'. Also produces a thin 'tik' call in flight. Wing beats create an audible high-pitched humming buzz during hovering.

Geographic Range & Migration

Black-hooded Sunbeam

Endemic to Bolivia in high Andean puna of Cochabamba and La Paz at 3,200–4,600 m elevation.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. Winters in Central America and southern Mexico.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Black-hooded Sunbeam

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Black-hooded Sunbeam

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

ขนนก

Metallic green upperparts and greyish-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent ruby-red gorget that appears black in poor light. Females lack the gorget.

ปาก

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

About These Birds

Black-hooded Sunbeam

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-13 cm) endemic to the Andes of Bolivia at 2,500-3,500 m. Males have a distinctive black hood contrasting with iridescent coppery body. Nectarivore of montane cloud forest edges and scrub. A Bolivian endemic.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only breeding hummingbird in eastern North America. These tiny birds beat their wings about 53 times per second and can fly backwards, sideways, and even briefly upside down. They make an extraordinary non-stop 800 km crossing of the Gulf of Mexico during migration.

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