Violet-capped Hummingbird vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Goldmania violiceps ile kıyaslandığında Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Violet-capped Hummingbird Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Goldmania violiceps Nesophlox lyrura
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Near Threatened Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 9,9 cm (3.9 in) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Ağırlık 3,8666666666666667 g (0.14 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
Beslenme Feeds on nectar from lowland Panamanian forest flowers. Supplements with insects and spiders foraged from … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 2
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

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Song & Call Comparison

Violet-capped Hummingbird

Şarkı

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

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

Violet-capped Hummingbird

Found in humid forests from eastern Panama to northwestern Colombia. Resident in lowland forest undergrowth.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

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Koruma Durumu

Near Threatened

Violet-capped Hummingbird

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Violet-capped Hummingbird

Tuy

Lesser Florican: males with black head and underparts; white wings and neck ruff; brown back; females sandy-brown; very dimorphic

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

Violet-capped Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in humid forests from eastern Panama to northwestern Colombia. Green plumage with a violet crown (males). Nectarivore of forest undergrowth and edges. Named after the American ornithologist William Goldman.

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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