Rainbow-bearded Thornbill vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Chalcostigma herrani ile kıyaslandığında Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Bilimsel Ad Chalcostigma herrani Ocreatus addae
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Not Evaluated
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 13,5 cm (5.3 in)
Ağırlık 6,183333333333334 g (0.22 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Colombian and Venezuelan montane scrub; visits diverse small flowers. Supplements with small insects. Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Hiçbiri

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill only

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Song & Call Comparison

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

Şarkı

Thin, reedy trill with wavering quality; soft rapid notes with gentle tremolo effect, given from dense cover.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Şarkı

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

Found in high Andean páramo and shrubby forest edge from Colombia south to Ecuador and Peru. 2,600–4,400 m.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean páramo from Colombia to Ecuador at 2,800-4,000 m. Males have a spectacular rainbow-colored beard of iridescent feathers ranging from green through gold to purple. Nectarivore of páramo flowering shrubs.

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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