Stripe-breasted Starthroat vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Heliomaster squamosus เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Stripe-breasted Starthroat Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Heliomaster squamosus Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 11.2 cm (4.4 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 5.75 g (0.20 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Brazilian savanna and forest edges; visits Mimosa and other open-country flowers. Supplements with … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Stripe-breasted Starthroat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
Stripe-breasted Starthroat 11.2 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Stripe-breasted Starthroat 5.75 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

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

เสียงร้อง

Sharp, whistled descending phrase; clean notes stepping down smoothly with melodic precision in humid forest.

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

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

Found in semi-arid scrub and caatinga of eastern Brazil from Pará south to Minas Gerais. Sea level to 800 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

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

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-13 cm) found in cerrado and dry forests of eastern and central Brazil. Green plumage with a striped breast and glittering purple throat. Nectarivore of open woodland and garden flowers. A Brazilian near-endemic.

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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