Purple-throated Carib vs Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Eulampis jugularis ile kıyaslandığında Schistes geoffroyi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Purple-throated Carib Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Eulampis jugularis Schistes geoffroyi
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 14,3 cm (5.6 in) 9,8 cm (3.9 in)
Ağırlık 9,316666666666666 g (0.33 oz) 3,8 g (0.13 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Caribbean island forests; bill adapted to visit Heliconia and Brugmansia. Takes small arthropods … Nectarivore of hilly forest interiors, probing small tubular blooms. Supplements with arthropods gleaned from bark …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

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Song & Call Comparison

Purple-throated Carib

Şarkı

Thin, sibilant twittering with airy quality; light high notes cascading softly in relaxed sequence near flowers.

Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Şarkı

Dry, clicking trill with mechanical regularity; rapid staccato notes evenly spaced in steady rhythm throughout day.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Purple-throated Carib

Found throughout the Lesser Antilles from Saba to Grenada. Prefers mature forest and flowering trees. Sea level to 800 m.

Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Found on the eastern Andean slope from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 800–2,000 m.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Purple-throated Carib

Least Concern

Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Purple-throated Carib

Tuy

Turquoise-throated Puffleg: iridescent violet crown; glittering turquoise gorget; metallic green back; white leg puffs; females duller

Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Tuy

Rufous-crested Coquette: males with shining rufous crest; glittering green gorget; bronze-green back; females with smaller rufous crest

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About These Birds

Purple-throated Carib

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the Lesser Antilles from Saba to St. Vincent. Males have iridescent purple throat and green body. Nectarivore of montane forest and gardens. Larger and more aggressive than Green-throated Carib, dominating flower territories.

Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia at 1,000-2,500 m. Green plumage with a wedge-shaped bill. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. The name refers to its laterally compressed, wedge-like bill tip.

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