Sword-billed Hummingbird vs Coppery-bellied Puffleg

Ensifera ensifera เปรียบเทียบกับ Eriocnemis cupreoventris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Sword-billed Hummingbird Coppery-bellied Puffleg
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Ensifera ensifera Eriocnemis cupreoventris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 15.3 cm (6.0 in) 12.6 cm (5.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 12.75 g (0.45 oz) 5.1 g (0.18 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Nectarivore of Venezuelan Andean montane forest; visits Ericaceae and Fuchsia. Gleans small insects from flower …
จำนวนไข่ -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Sword-billed Hummingbird only

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Coppery-bellied Puffleg only

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Song & Call Comparison

Sword-billed Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

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

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

เสียงร้อง

Thin, sibilant hiss with buzzy overtone; faint high-frequency trill barely audible in dense Andean cloud forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sword-billed Hummingbird

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

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

Found in cloud forests and scrub of Colombia and northern Venezuela at 1,800–3,200 m. Uncommon.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sword-billed Hummingbird

ขนนก

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

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

ขนนก

Empress Brilliant: males with iridescent magenta gorget; metallic green above; white underparts; females green above; spotted below

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About These Birds

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.

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the eastern Andes of Colombia at 1,800-3,000 m. Males have a coppery-orange belly and white leg puffs. Nectarivore of cloud forest and forest edges. Classified as Vulnerable due to limited Colombian range and habitat loss.

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