Purple-collared Woodstar vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Myrtis fanny เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Purple-collared Woodstar Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Myrtis fanny Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 7.9 cm (3.1 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 2.4 g (0.08 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of Andean foothills and inter-valley scrub; visits small tubular flowers. Supplements with tiny arthropods. Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Purple-collared Woodstar
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
Purple-collared Woodstar 7.9 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Purple-collared Woodstar 2.4 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g

Habitat Comparison

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Purple-collared Woodstar only

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

Song & Call Comparison

Purple-collared Woodstar

เสียงร้อง

Harsh, grating buzz with mechanical quality; abrupt dry trill issued suddenly then stopping in sharp silence.

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

Purple-collared Woodstar

Found in open habitats, gardens, and scrub from southern Ecuador south through Peru to northwestern Chile. Sea level to 3,000 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Purple-collared Woodstar

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Purple-collared Woodstar

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

Purple-collared Woodstar

A tiny hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in arid western Peru and southwestern Ecuador at sea level to 2,500 m. Males have a purple collar. Nectarivore of desert scrub, gardens, and river valleys. Adapted to extremely arid coastal environments.

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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