Marvelous Spatuletail vs Great Sapphirewing

Loddigesia mirabilis ile kıyaslandığında Pterophanes cyanopterus

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Özellik Marvelous Spatuletail Great Sapphirewing
Bilimsel Ad Loddigesia mirabilis Pterophanes cyanopterus
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Near Threatened Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,4 cm (3.3 in) 21,0 cm (8.3 in)
Ağırlık 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 10,05 g (0.35 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of northern Peruvian cloud forest. Visits Ericaceae and Alstroemeria flowers; supplements with small arthropods. Nectarivore of high Andean cloud forest and treeline; one of the largest hummingbirds. Visits Ericaceae …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Marvelous Spatuletail only

Hiçbiri

Great Sapphirewing only

Song & Call Comparison

Marvelous Spatuletail

Şarkı

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

Great Sapphirewing

Şarkı

Buzzy, insect-like trill with pulsing rhythm; high-frequency vibration with slight amplitude modulation near flowers.

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.

Great Sapphirewing

Found in high Andean cloud forests and páramo from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 2,400–3,800 m.

Koruma Durumu

Near Threatened

Marvelous Spatuletail

Least Concern

Great Sapphirewing

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.

Great Sapphirewing

A large hummingbird (18 cm, wingspan 28 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Bolivia at 2,500-3,500 m. Brilliant sapphire-blue wings, green body, and long tail. One of the largest hummingbirds. Nectarivore of montane forest, visiting large-flowered Ericaceae.

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