Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Streak-throated Hermit

Nesophlox lyrura เปรียบเทียบกับ Phaethornis rupurumii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Streak-throated Hermit
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Nesophlox lyrura Phaethornis rupurumii
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 8.0 cm (3.1 in) 8.6 cm (3.4 in)
น้ำหนัก 2.425 g (0.09 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore and insectivore; extracts nectar from trap-lining flowers and hawks small flying insects in forest …
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Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Streak-throated Hermit only

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Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

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

Streak-throated Hermit

เสียงร้อง

High, thin peep barely audible beyond few metres; delicate single note repeated softly with long intervals in between.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

Streak-throated Hermit

Found in the Guiana Shield from Venezuela and Guyana south through Amazonia to Bolivia. Resident in lowland forest along streams and rivers.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Streak-throated Hermit

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

ขนนก

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

Streak-throated Hermit

ขนนก

Tiny; green-bronze upperparts; buff underparts with fine dark streaking on throat; pale supercilium; white-tipped central tail feathers; Guiana Shield species; streaked throat pattern distinguishes from other small hermits.

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About These Birds

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.

Streak-throated Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in humid forests and forest edges of the Guiana Shield and southern Venezuela. Green plumage with streak-patterned throat and rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Often confused with Little Hermit in the field.

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