Blue-mantled Thornbill vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Chalcostigma stanleyi เปรียบเทียบกับ Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Blue-mantled Thornbill Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Chalcostigma stanleyi Nesophlox lyrura
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 13.2 cm (5.2 in) 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 5.2749999999999995 g (0.19 oz) 2.425 g (0.09 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Andean treeline scrub; visits Ericaceae and Brachyotum blooms. Supplements with small arthropods. Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Blue-mantled Thornbill

เสียงร้อง

Crisp, whistled notes in ascending sequence; clean bright tones stepping up smoothly in cheerful morning delivery.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Blue-mantled Thornbill

Found in high Andean páramo from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 3,000–4,500 m elevation.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Blue-mantled Thornbill

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blue-mantled Thornbill

ขนนก

Long-billed Starthroat: males glittering blue-green gorget; metallic green above; long bill; white pectoral tufts; females green with spots

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

ขนนก

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

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About These Birds

Blue-mantled Thornbill

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean páramo from Colombia to Bolivia at 3,500-4,800 m. Males have a blue-violet mantle and short bill. Nectarivore of high-altitude Chuquiraga and Puya flowers. Enters torpor nightly. One of the highest-living hummingbirds.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

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