Fawn-breasted Brilliant vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Heliodoxa rubinoides เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Fawn-breasted Brilliant Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Heliodoxa rubinoides Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 13.9 cm (5.5 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 7.368 g (0.26 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Colombian and Ecuadorian cloud forest; forages at Ericaceae and Fuchsia blooms. Gleans small … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
Fawn-breasted Brilliant 13.9 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Fawn-breasted Brilliant 7.368 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g

Habitat Comparison

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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

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

เสียงร้อง

Rapid, bright twittering cascade; light airy notes tumbling freely in animated sequence above tropical blossoms.

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

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Found in foothill and lower montane cloud forest from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 600–2,000 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

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

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Bolivia at 1,200-2,500 m. Green plumage with a distinctive fawn-buff breast. Nectarivore of montane forest and forest edges. A common cloud forest species across its range.

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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