White-tailed Emerald vs Great Sapphirewing

Microchera chionura เปรียบเทียบกับ Pterophanes cyanopterus

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ White-tailed Emerald Great Sapphirewing
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Microchera chionura Pterophanes cyanopterus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 21.0 cm (8.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 3.2 g (0.11 oz) 10.05 g (0.35 oz)
อาหาร Visits flowering trees and epiphytes for nectar; supplements diet with small arthropods including gnats, midges, … Nectarivore of high Andean cloud forest and treeline; one of the largest hummingbirds. Visits Ericaceae …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

White-tailed Emerald only

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Great Sapphirewing only

Song & Call Comparison

White-tailed Emerald

เสียงร้อง

Melodic, flute-like phrase with warm timbre; smooth notes flowing in relaxed quiet progression at forest edge.

Great Sapphirewing

เสียงร้อง

Buzzy, insect-like trill with pulsing rhythm; high-frequency vibration with slight amplitude modulation near flowers.

Geographic Range & Migration

White-tailed Emerald

Found in humid forests of western Panama and extreme western Colombia. Resident in lowland and foothill forest.

Great Sapphirewing

Found in high Andean cloud forests and páramo from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 2,400–3,800 m.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

White-tailed Emerald

Least Concern

Great Sapphirewing

About These Birds

White-tailed Emerald

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in humid forests of western Panama and extreme western Colombia. Green plumage with white outer tail feathers. Nectarivore of forest edges. Closely related to Coppery-headed Emerald. A Central American near-endemic.

Great Sapphirewing

A large hummingbird (18 cm, wingspan 28 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Bolivia at 2,500-3,500 m. Brilliant sapphire-blue wings, green body, and long tail. One of the largest hummingbirds. Nectarivore of montane forest, visiting large-flowered Ericaceae.

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