Sword-billed Hummingbird vs Long-tailed Woodnymph

Ensifera ensifera เปรียบเทียบกับ Thalurania watertonii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Sword-billed Hummingbird Long-tailed Woodnymph
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Ensifera ensifera Thalurania watertonii
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Trochilidae Trochilidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Endangered
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 15.3 cm (6.0 in) 10.9 cm (4.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 12.75 g (0.45 oz) 4.3999999999999995 g (0.16 oz)
อาหาร Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Feeds on floral nectar in Atlantic Forest understory; supplements diet with small insects and spiders …
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Habitat Comparison

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Sword-billed Hummingbird only

Long-tailed Woodnymph only

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Song & Call Comparison

Sword-billed Hummingbird

เสียงร้อง

Thin, reedy whistle with plaintive character; soft nasal tone held briefly then gently fading in mist.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

เสียงร้อง

Soft, sibilant notes in flowing sequence; gentle high twittering with airy quality near flowering vegetation.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 1,700–3,500 m.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Classified as Endangered due to severe habitat fragmentation.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Endangered

Long-tailed Woodnymph

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sword-billed Hummingbird

ขนนก

Olivaceous Thornbill: males with iridescent purple gorget; metallic olive-bronze above; white underparts; females green above; spots

Long-tailed Woodnymph

ขนนก

Savile's Bustard: pale brown above; white underparts; black crown; pale streaked mantle; males with dark collar; sexually dimorphic

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About These Birds

Sword-billed Hummingbird

A remarkable hummingbird (14-15 cm body) with a bill as long as its body (8-10 cm), the longest bill relative to body size of any bird. Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia at 1,700-3,500 m. The extraordinarily long bill evolved to feed on deep tubular Passiflora flowers.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Males have a long, deeply forked violet-blue tail and green body. Nectarivore of forest edges. Classified as Endangered due to severe Atlantic Forest fragmentation.

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