Marvelous Spatuletail vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Loddigesia mirabilis ile kıyaslandığında Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Marvelous Spatuletail Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Bilimsel Ad Loddigesia mirabilis Ocreatus addae
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Near Threatened Not Evaluated
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,4 cm (3.3 in)
Ağırlık 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of northern Peruvian cloud forest. Visits Ericaceae and Alstroemeria flowers; supplements with small arthropods. Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Marvelous Spatuletail only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Marvelous Spatuletail

Şarkı

Extraordinarily high, thin squeak barely audible; minute twittering notes almost beyond perception, given rarely by male.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Şarkı

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Marvelous Spatuletail

Endemic to a small area of the Río Utcubamba valley in Amazonas region, Peru at 2,100–2,900 m. Endangered.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

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Koruma Durumu

Near Threatened

Marvelous Spatuletail

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Marvelous Spatuletail

Tuy

Emerald-bellied Puffleg: males with iridescent violet gorget; metallic emerald-green above; white belly; females green above; spots

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Tuy

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

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About These Birds

Marvelous Spatuletail

One of the world's most extraordinary hummingbirds (10 cm body, males with 15 cm tail rackets). Males have two extremely long outer tail feathers ending in large, iridescent violet-blue discs. Endemic to a tiny area of northern Peru. Critically Endangered. Fewer than 1,000 individuals.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

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