Golden-tailed Sapphire vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Chrysuronia oenone ile kıyaslandığında Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Golden-tailed Sapphire Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Bilimsel Ad Chrysuronia oenone Ocreatus addae
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Not Evaluated
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı
Ağırlık 5,15 g (0.18 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Amazonian lowland forest, visiting diverse flowering plants. Supplements diet with insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Golden-tailed Sapphire only

Hiçbiri

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Hiçbiri

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Song & Call Comparison

Golden-tailed Sapphire

Şarkı

Harsh, emphatic screech with forceful carrying quality; loud rough call projecting powerfully across open terrain.

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

Golden-tailed Sapphire

Found in humid lowland forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Resident in forest canopy.

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

Golden-tailed Sapphire

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Golden-tailed Sapphire

Tuy

Senegal Coucal: black head; rufous-brown wings; pale buff-white below; long dark tail; red eye; African savanna species

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

Golden-tailed Sapphire

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in humid lowland forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Males have a glittering golden-orange tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. Named sapphire for its blue throat.

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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