Scissor-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Hylonympha macrocerca เปรียบเทียบกับ Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Hylonympha macrocerca Ocreatus addae
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Endangered Not Evaluated
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 13.3 cm (5.2 in)
น้ำหนัก 7.25 g (0.26 oz) 3.0 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Venezuelan cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and diverse forest flowers. Catches small insects near … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Scissor-tailed Hummingbird only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail 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.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

เสียงร้อง

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

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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.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Endangered

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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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

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

ขนนก

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff 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.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

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