Sword-billed Hummingbird vs Grey-chinned Hermit

Ensifera ensifera เปรียบเทียบกับ Phaethornis griseogularis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Sword-billed Hummingbird Grey-chinned Hermit
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Ensifera ensifera Phaethornis griseogularis
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 15.3 cm (6.0 in) 6.9 cm (2.7 in)
น้ำหนัก 12.75 g (0.45 oz) 2.4166666666666665 g (0.09 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Nectarivore visiting Heliconia, Costus, and banana flowers along forest understory routes. Takes small insects opportunistically.
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Habitat Comparison

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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.

Grey-chinned Hermit

เสียงร้อง

Sharp, high chip followed by buzzy rattling trill; two-part call with emphatic onset and rough, cascading continuation.

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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.

Grey-chinned Hermit

Found along the Andes foothills and adjacent lowlands in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru at 300–1,800 m elevation.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Grey-chinned Hermit

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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

Grey-chinned Hermit

ขนนก

Sooty Barbthroat: dark brownish-gray overall; pale buff supercilium; rufous-washed underparts; white-tipped tail feathers; decurved bill

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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.

Grey-chinned Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in Andean foothill forests from Colombia to Peru at 500-2,000 m elevation. Grey chin, green plumage, and rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Taxonomy complex, with several subspecies sometimes treated as separate species.

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