Scissor-tailed Hummingbird vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Hylonympha macrocerca เปรียบเทียบกับ Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Hylonympha macrocerca Nesophlox lyrura
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Endangered Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 13.3 cm (5.2 in) 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 7.25 g (0.26 oz) 2.425 g (0.09 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Venezuelan cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and diverse forest flowers. Catches small insects near … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
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Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Scissor-tailed Hummingbird only

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Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Sharp, emphatic chip note repeated rapidly; clean staccato delivery with rising intensity during territorial display.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela in cloud forest at 700–1,200 m. Critically endangered.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Endangered

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

ขนนก

Gorgeted Woodstar (alt): males with iridescent blue gorget; metallic green body; white pectoral tufts; females green above; spotted

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

ขนนก

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

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About These Birds

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm plus elongated tail in males, total 18-20 cm) endemic to the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela. Males have deeply forked, scissor-like tail streamers. Nectarivore of humid montane forest. Classified as Endangered.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

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