Black-tailed Trainbearer vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Lesbia victoriae เปรียบเทียบกับ Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Black-tailed Trainbearer Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Lesbia victoriae Nesophlox lyrura
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 11.7 cm (4.6 in) 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 4.9 g (0.17 oz) 2.425 g (0.09 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Andean dry inter-valley scrub; visits Salvia, Lupinus, and Calceolaria. Supplements with small arthropods. Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Black-tailed Trainbearer

เสียงร้อง

Sharp, crackling trill with percussive edge; rapid dry notes delivered forcefully near active competitive territory.

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

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Found in high Andean scrub and open habitats from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 2,500–4,200 m.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black-tailed Trainbearer

ขนนก

Cuban Emerald: males with deep purple gorget; metallic bronze-green above; white flanks; females plain green above; pale spotted below

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

Black-tailed Trainbearer

A spectacular hummingbird (10 cm body + 15 cm tail in males) found in Andean highlands from Colombia to Peru at 2,500-4,000 m. Males have extraordinarily long, black outer tail streamers. Nectarivore of páramo and cloud forest edges. Named for its dramatic trailing tail feathers.

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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