White-tailed Sabrewing vs Sword-billed Hummingbird

Campylopterus ensipennis เปรียบเทียบกับ Ensifera ensifera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ White-tailed Sabrewing Sword-billed Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Campylopterus ensipennis Ensifera ensifera
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Near Threatened Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 15.2 cm (6.0 in) 15.3 cm (6.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 9.866666666666667 g (0.35 oz) 12.75 g (0.45 oz)
อาหาร Feeds on nectar from highland forest flowers in Venezuela. Supplements diet with insects and spiders … Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects …
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Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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White-tailed Sabrewing only

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Sword-billed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

White-tailed Sabrewing

เสียงร้อง

Rough, buzzy chatter with energetic rhythm; coarse notes delivered rapidly with raw buzzy texture from perch.

Sword-billed Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Thin, reedy whistle with plaintive character; soft nasal tone held briefly then gently fading in mist.

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Geographic Range & Migration

White-tailed Sabrewing

Found in northeastern Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. Resident in humid forest undergrowth.

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 1,700–3,500 m.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Near Threatened

White-tailed Sabrewing

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

White-tailed Sabrewing

ขนนก

Ross's Turaco: brilliant purple-blue body with yellow facial skin and bill; crimson flight feathers; long graduated tail; unique colors

Sword-billed Hummingbird

ขนนก

Olivaceous Thornbill: males with iridescent purple gorget; metallic olive-bronze above; white underparts; females green above; spots

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About These Birds

White-tailed Sabrewing

A large hummingbird (12-13 cm) found in humid forests of northeastern Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. Green plumage with white outer tail feathers. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Classified as Near Threatened in Venezuela; common on Trinidad and Tobago.

Sword-billed Hummingbird

A remarkable hummingbird (14-15 cm body) with a bill as long as its body (8-10 cm), the longest bill relative to body size of any bird. Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia at 1,700-3,500 m. The extraordinarily long bill evolved to feed on deep tubular Passiflora flowers.

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