Tooth-billed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Androdon aequatorialis ile kıyaslandığında Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Tooth-billed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Bilimsel Ad Androdon aequatorialis Ocreatus addae
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Not Evaluated
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 13,6 cm (5.4 in)
Ağırlık 7,220000000000001 g (0.25 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore with serrated bill tip adapted for piercing tough flower bases of Heliconia and bromeliads. … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 2
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Tooth-billed Hummingbird only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

Şarkı

Thin, wavering whistle with plaintive tone; soft note trembling gently then fading, issued from shaded canopy perch.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Şarkı

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

Found in humid lowland forest on the Pacific slope from Panama south through Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. 0–600 m.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

Tuy

Narrow-tailed Emerald: metallic bronze-green upperparts; bright coppery rump; glittering violet gorget; buff-white underparts; narrow tail

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Tuy

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

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About These Birds

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

A unique medium-sized hummingbird (13-14 cm) with an upcurved, hook-tipped bill bearing tooth-like serrations, unique among hummingbirds. Dark green plumage. Found in humid Pacific lowland forests from Panama to western Ecuador. Nectarivore and insectivore. Poorly studied.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

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