Green-tailed Goldenthroat vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Polytmus theresiae เปรียบเทียบกับ Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Green-tailed Goldenthroat Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Polytmus theresiae Archilochus colubris
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 8.5 cm (3.3 in)
กว้างปีก 11.3 cm (4.4 in) 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 3.575 g (0.13 oz) 3.1 g (0.11 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore of open wetland margins and savanna; forages at diverse flower types. Takes tiny flies … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Green-tailed Goldenthroat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.5 cm
กว้างปีก
Green-tailed Goldenthroat 11.3 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Green-tailed Goldenthroat 3.575 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1 g

Habitat Comparison

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

Song & Call Comparison

Green-tailed Goldenthroat

เสียงร้อง

Rough, grating buzz with coarse texture; sustained low-pitched trill with vibrating quality audible over some distance.

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

Green-tailed Goldenthroat

Found in open savanna and forest edges of the Guianas and Amazonian Venezuela and Brazil. Sea level to 600 m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Green-tailed Goldenthroat

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Green-tailed Goldenthroat

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

Green-tailed Goldenthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in humid lowland forests and edges from the Guianas through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Green plumage with a golden-green throat and greenish tail. Nectarivore of forest edges and clearings.

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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