Amazilia Hummingbird vs Blue-capped Puffleg

Amazilis amazilia ile kıyaslandığında Eriocnemis glaucopoides

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Amazilia Hummingbird Blue-capped Puffleg
Bilimsel Ad Amazilis amazilia Eriocnemis glaucopoides
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 10,1 cm (4.0 in)
Ağırlık 5,066666666666666 g (0.18 oz) 3,75 g (0.13 oz)
Beslenme Feeds on nectar from flowering shrubs and epiphytes. Catches small insects and spiders to meet … Nectarivore of Colombian Andes; fluffy leg tufts show during hover at Ericaceae blooms. Gleans small …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Amazilia Hummingbird only

Blue-capped Puffleg only

Song & Call Comparison

Amazilia Hummingbird

Şarkı

Buzzy, high-pitched trill with insect-like quality; rapid sustained vibration barely distinguishable from insects.

Blue-capped Puffleg

Şarkı

Buzzy, high-pitched trill barely audible; rapid soft vibration with insect-like quality during hovering near blossoms.

Geographic Range & Migration

Amazilia Hummingbird

Found in arid coastal lowlands of western Peru and Ecuador. Resident in desert scrub and river valleys.

Blue-capped Puffleg

Endemic to Argentina and adjacent Bolivia in high Andean scrub and puna at 2,600–4,200 m elevation.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Amazilia Hummingbird

Least Concern

Blue-capped Puffleg

About These Birds

Amazilia Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in arid coastal lowlands of western Peru and Ecuador. Green plumage with variable rusty-orange underparts. Nectarivore of desert scrub, gardens, and river valleys. Adapted to arid Pacific environments.

Blue-capped Puffleg

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina at 2,000-3,500 m. Green plumage with blue crown and white leg puffs. Nectarivore of montane forest and cloud forest edges. The southernmost puffleg species.

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