Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer vs Purple-throated Carib

Chalybura urochrysia เปรียบเทียบกับ Eulampis jugularis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Purple-throated Carib
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Chalybura urochrysia Eulampis jugularis
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 13.0 cm (5.1 in) 14.3 cm (5.6 in)
น้ำหนัก 6.55 g (0.23 oz) 9.316666666666666 g (0.33 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of humid Central American and Colombian lowland forest. Takes insects and spiders to supplement … Nectarivore of Caribbean island forests; bill adapted to visit Heliconia and Brugmansia. Takes small arthropods …
จำนวนไข่ -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer only

ไม่มี

Purple-throated Carib only

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Song & Call Comparison

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

เสียงร้อง

Thin, high-pitched chip barely audible; minute staccato notes cascading gently near dense flowering shrubbery.

Purple-throated Carib

เสียงร้อง

Thin, sibilant twittering with airy quality; light high notes cascading softly in relaxed sequence near flowers.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Found in humid lowland forests from Honduras to Ecuador. Resident in Caribbean and Pacific lowland forests.

Purple-throated Carib

Found throughout the Lesser Antilles from Saba to Grenada. Prefers mature forest and flowering trees. Sea level to 800 m.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Least Concern

Purple-throated Carib

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

ขนนก

Buff-crested Bustard: pale buff-white below; brown-vermiculated above; black and white crest; males with erectile feathers; large

Purple-throated Carib

ขนนก

Turquoise-throated Puffleg: iridescent violet crown; glittering turquoise gorget; metallic green back; white leg puffs; females duller

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About These Birds

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) found in humid lowland forests from Honduras to Ecuador. Green plumage with a bronze-colored tail. Feathered legs (the plumeleteer trait). Nectarivore of forest undergrowth and edges.

Purple-throated Carib

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the Lesser Antilles from Saba to St. Vincent. Males have iridescent purple throat and green body. Nectarivore of montane forest and gardens. Larger and more aggressive than Green-throated Carib, dominating flower territories.

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