Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Chrysuronia lilliae เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Chrysuronia lilliae Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Endangered Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 4.3 g (0.15 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore visiting diverse flowering plants; supplements the high-sugar nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird 4.3 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

Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Soft, buzzy trill barely audible; rapid light notes barely perceptible at distance in dense vegetation.

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

Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird

Endemic to northern Colombia. Critically Endangered with a tiny population in Caribbean coastal habitats.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Endangered

Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird

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

Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to northern Colombia. Males have a sapphire-blue belly. Nectarivore of mangroves and dry forest. Critically Endangered with a very small population restricted to a tiny area of Caribbean Colombia.

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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