Green-fronted Hummingbird vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Leucolia viridifrons ile kıyaslandığında Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Green-fronted Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Leucolia viridifrons Archilochus colubris
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 6,166666666666667 g (0.22 oz) 3,1 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore visiting diverse flowering plants; supplements the high-sugar nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Green-fronted Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8,5 cm
Kanat Açıklığı
Green-fronted Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11,0 cm
Ağırlık
Green-fronted Hummingbird 6,166666666666667 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3,1 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Green-fronted Hummingbird 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

Green-fronted Hummingbird

Şarkı

Deep, hollow churring resonant sound; low-frequency buzzing trill carrying well through humid forest edge.

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

Green-fronted Hummingbird

Endemic to the Pacific slope of Mexico from Sonora to Oaxaca. Resident in tropical deciduous forest.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Green-fronted Hummingbird

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Green-fronted Hummingbird

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

Green-fronted Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the Pacific slope of Mexico from Sonora to Oaxaca. Males have a green forehead and white breast. Nectarivore of tropical deciduous forest and thorn scrub. A Mexican 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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