White-throated Mountain-gem vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Lampornis castaneoventris ile kıyaslandığında Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik White-throated Mountain-gem Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Lampornis castaneoventris Archilochus colubris
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 12,2 cm (4.8 in) 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 5,58 g (0.20 oz) 3,1 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Costa Rican highlands; visits diverse cloud-forest flowers. Supplements diet with small insects and … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
White-throated Mountain-gem
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8,5 cm
Kanat Açıklığı
White-throated Mountain-gem 12,2 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11,0 cm
Ağırlık
White-throated Mountain-gem 5,58 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3,1 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

White-throated Mountain-gem only

Hiçbiri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

Song & Call Comparison

White-throated Mountain-gem

Şarkı

Thin, reedy trill with wavering quality; soft rapid notes with gentle tremolo effect given from cover.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Şarkı

Soft, high-pitched chattering and twittering 'chee-dit'. Also produces a thin 'tik' call in flight. Wing beats create an audible high-pitched humming buzz during hovering.

Geographic Range & Migration

White-throated Mountain-gem

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama in cloud forest. 1,200–2,800 m. Resident.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. Winters in Central America and southern Mexico.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

White-throated Mountain-gem

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

White-throated Mountain-gem

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Tuy

Metallic green upperparts and greyish-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent ruby-red gorget that appears black in poor light. Females lack the gorget.

Gaga

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

About These Birds

White-throated Mountain-gem

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,000-2,500 m. Males have a white throat and chestnut belly. Nectarivore of cloud forest and forest edges. A Talamanca-Chiriquí endemic.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only breeding hummingbird in eastern North America. These tiny birds beat their wings about 53 times per second and can fly backwards, sideways, and even briefly upside down. They make an extraordinary non-stop 800 km crossing of the Gulf of Mexico during migration.

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