Hook-billed Hermit vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Glaucis dohrnii ile kıyaslandığında Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Hook-billed Hermit Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Glaucis dohrnii Nesophlox lyrura
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Vulnerable Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 12,6 cm (5.0 in) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Ağırlık 6,659999999999999 g (0.23 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore and occasional insectivore; visits heliconia, bromeliads, and Inga flowers while trap-lining territories. Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Hook-billed Hermit

Şarkı

Thin, penetrating whistle sustained briefly; followed by rapid buzzing trill, combination unique among syntopic hummingbirds.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Şarkı

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Hook-billed Hermit

Found along the Atlantic coast of eastern Brazil from Bahia to Espírito Santo. Resident in coastal rainforest. Endangered; highly restricted range.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

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Koruma Durumu

Vulnerable

Hook-billed Hermit

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Hook-billed Hermit

Tuy

Bronze-green upperparts; cinnamon-rufous underparts with faint darker barring; pale buff supercilium stripe; rufous-buff tail with dark subterminal band; strongly curved bill; vulnerable Brazilian Atlantic forest endemic.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Tuy

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

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About These Birds

Hook-billed Hermit

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-13 cm) endemic to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. Bronze-green plumage with a hooked bill tip. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth, visiting Heliconia and bromeliads. Classified as Endangered due to severe habitat loss in Brazil's coastal forests.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

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