Sword-billed Hummingbird vs White-whiskered Hermit

Ensifera ensifera ile kıyaslandığında Phaethornis yaruqui

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Sword-billed Hummingbird White-whiskered Hermit
Bilimsel Ad Ensifera ensifera Phaethornis yaruqui
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 15,3 cm (6.0 in) 11,9 cm (4.7 in)
Ağırlık 12,75 g (0.45 oz) 5,416666666666667 g (0.19 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 2
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Sword-billed Hummingbird only

White-whiskered Hermit 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.

White-whiskered Hermit

Şarkı

Gentle, melodic warbling with flowing phrases; notes weaving smoothly in quiet musical progression through dappled forest.

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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.

White-whiskered Hermit

Endemic to the Pacific slope of Ecuador and northwestern Colombia in lowland humid forest. Sea level to 800 m elevation.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

White-whiskered Hermit

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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

White-whiskered Hermit

Tuy

Eastern Long-tailed Hermit: forked blue-black tail; iridescent blue-green above; white postocular stripe; buff-white underparts; decurved bill

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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.

White-whiskered Hermit

A medium-sized hermit hummingbird (13-15 cm) found in humid foothill forests of western Colombia and Ecuador. Dark plumage with white whisker-like throat stripes and long, white-tipped tail. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. A specialist of Chocó rainforest habitats.

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