Fiery-tailed Awlbill vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Avocettula recurvirostris เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Fiery-tailed Awlbill Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Avocettula recurvirostris Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 11.2 cm (4.4 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 4.25 g (0.15 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore with upturned bill tip for accessing pendant Heliconia flowers. Supplements with small insects caught … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Fiery-tailed Awlbill
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
Fiery-tailed Awlbill 11.2 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Fiery-tailed Awlbill 4.25 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

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

เสียงร้อง

High, bright twittering cascade; light rapid notes tumbling freely in animated vocal sequence during display.

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

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

Found in humid forest edges and clearings from Trinidad and Venezuela east through the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil. 0–600 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

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

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) with a uniquely upcurved, awl-shaped bill. Green plumage with a fiery orange-red tail. Found in humid lowland forests from eastern Venezuela through the Guianas to Amazonia. Nectarivore and insectivore. The only member of its genus.

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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