Allen's Hummingbird vs Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Selasphorus sasin เปรียบเทียบกับ Threnetes leucurus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Allen's Hummingbird Pale-tailed Barbthroat
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Selasphorus sasin Threnetes leucurus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 8.1 cm (3.2 in) 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
น้ำหนัก 3.1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz) 5.42 g (0.19 oz)
อาหาร Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with … Primarily nectarivore; uses its strongly hooked bill to probe for nectar in curved flowers; eats …
จำนวนไข่ 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Allen's Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

เสียงร้อง

Rapid, buzzing trill with insect-like quality; sustained high-frequency vibration followed by softer descending notes.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Found in the Amazon basin and Guiana Shield from Venezuela and the Guianas south to Peru and Bolivia. Resident in humid forest interior.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

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How to Tell Them Apart

Allen's Hummingbird

ขนนก

Fiery-throated Hummingbird (alt): males with brilliant multicolored gorget; metallic green above; females duller; pale buff below

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

ขนนก

Bronze-green upperparts; pale greyish-buff underparts; dark malar stripe; tail pale buff-white with dark subterminal band; lacks the strong black banding of Band-tailed Barbthroat; Amazonian species with paler tail pattern.

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About These Birds

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-12 cm) found in humid lowland forests of northern South America and Trinidad. Green plumage with white-tipped tail feathers and a decurved bill. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth, visiting Heliconia and Costus flowers. An important lowland forest pollinator.

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