Sword-billed Hummingbird vs Festive Coquette

Ensifera ensifera ile kıyaslandığında Lophornis chalybeus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Sword-billed Hummingbird Festive Coquette
Bilimsel Ad Ensifera ensifera Lophornis chalybeus
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 15,3 cm (6.0 in) 8,4 cm (3.3 in)
Ağırlık 12,75 g (0.45 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Nectarivore of Venezuela forest edges. Forages at small flowers; catches tiny insects with precise hovering …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Sword-billed Hummingbird only

Festive Coquette only

Hiçbiri

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Song & Call Comparison

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Şarkı

Thin, reedy whistle with plaintive character; soft nasal tone held briefly then gently fading in mist.

Festive Coquette

Şarkı

Melodic, three-note descending phrase; clear warm tones stepping gracefully downward, repeated regularly from tall perch.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 1,700–3,500 m.

Festive Coquette

Found in humid lowland and foothill forest from southern Venezuela through the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil. 0–800 m.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Festive Coquette

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Tuy

Olivaceous Thornbill: males with iridescent purple gorget; metallic olive-bronze above; white underparts; females green above; spots

Festive Coquette

Tuy

Short-tailed Woodstar: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white underparts; tiny; females green above with spots

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About These Birds

Sword-billed Hummingbird

A remarkable hummingbird (14-15 cm body) with a bill as long as its body (8-10 cm), the longest bill relative to body size of any bird. Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia at 1,700-3,500 m. The extraordinarily long bill evolved to feed on deep tubular Passiflora flowers.

Festive Coquette

A tiny hummingbird (7-8 cm) found in the Atlantic Forest and cerrado of eastern and central South America. Males have green crest and bronze-green cheek plumes. Nectarivore of forest edges, gardens, and cerrado. Relatively common in southeastern Brazil.

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