Golden-bellied Starfrontlet vs Marvelous Spatuletail

Coeligena bonapartei ile kıyaslandığında Loddigesia mirabilis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Marvelous Spatuletail
Bilimsel Ad Coeligena bonapartei Loddigesia mirabilis
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Near Threatened
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 15,0 cm (5.9 in) 8,4 cm (3.3 in)
Ağırlık 6,800000000000001 g (0.24 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Colombian and Venezuelan cloud forest; forages at Ericaceae and Clusia. Takes small insects … Nectarivore of northern Peruvian cloud forest. Visits Ericaceae and Alstroemeria flowers; supplements with small arthropods.
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet only

Hiçbiri

Marvelous Spatuletail only

Hiçbiri

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Song & Call Comparison

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

Şarkı

High, crystalline twittering with silvery sheen; rapid light notes cascading brightly in active display sequences.

Marvelous Spatuletail

Şarkı

Extraordinarily high, thin squeak barely audible; minute twittering notes almost beyond perception, given rarely by male.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

Found in cloud forest of the eastern Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela at 1,800–2,800 m.

Marvelous Spatuletail

Endemic to a small area of the Río Utcubamba valley in Amazonas region, Peru at 2,100–2,900 m. Endangered.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

Near Threatened

Marvelous Spatuletail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

Tuy

Green-headed Hillstar: males with glittering green head; metallic green above; white underparts; females green above; spotted buff below

Marvelous Spatuletail

Tuy

Emerald-bellied Puffleg: males with iridescent violet gorget; metallic emerald-green above; white belly; females green above; spots

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About These Birds

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

A medium-sized hummingbird (13-14 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Colombia at 1,800-3,200 m. Males have a golden-yellow belly and iridescent green forehead. Nectarivore of montane forest and forest edges.

Marvelous Spatuletail

One of the world's most extraordinary hummingbirds (10 cm body, males with 15 cm tail rackets). Males have two extremely long outer tail feathers ending in large, iridescent violet-blue discs. Endemic to a tiny area of northern Peru. Critically Endangered. Fewer than 1,000 individuals.

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