Purple-throated Carib vs Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Eulampis jugularis ile kıyaslandığında Thalurania furcata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Purple-throated Carib Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Bilimsel Ad Eulampis jugularis Thalurania furcata
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 14,3 cm (5.6 in) 10,9 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 9,316666666666666 g (0.33 oz) 4,4 g (0.16 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Caribbean island forests; bill adapted to visit Heliconia and Brugmansia. Takes small arthropods … Widespread Amazonian nectarivore visiting diverse forest-floor flowers. Supplements with insects and spiders caught in flight.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Purple-throated Carib only

Hiçbiri

Fork-tailed Woodnymph only

Hiçbiri

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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.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Şarkı

Buzzy, insect-like trill with monotonous quality; sustained rapid vibration with minimal melodic content.

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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.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina. Resident.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Purple-throated Carib

Least Concern

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

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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

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Tuy

Blue Bustard: males with slate-blue neck and breast; brown-vermiculated above; white belly; females brown above; pale below

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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.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina. Males have violet-blue underparts and green crown. Deeply forked tail. Nectarivore of forest edges and gardens.

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