White-chinned Sapphire vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Chlorestes cyanus เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ White-chinned Sapphire Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Chlorestes cyanus Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 3.35 g (0.12 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Feeds on nectar from flowering shrubs and epiphytes. Catches small insects and spiders to meet … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
White-chinned Sapphire
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
White-chinned Sapphire
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
White-chinned Sapphire 3.35 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g

Habitat Comparison

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

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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

White-chinned Sapphire

เสียงร้อง

Pure, bell-like descending phase; clear resonant tones stepping smoothly down in musical evening sequence.

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

White-chinned Sapphire

Found in humid lowland forests from Colombia through the Guianas to Amazonia and Brazil. Resident.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

White-chinned Sapphire

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

White-chinned Sapphire

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

White-chinned Sapphire

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in humid lowland forests from Colombia through the Guianas to Amazonia and Brazil. Green plumage with a blue or white chin. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. Named sapphire for the blue chin.

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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