Sword-billed Hummingbird vs Short-crested Coquette

Ensifera ensifera ile kıyaslandığında Lophornis brachylophus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Sword-billed Hummingbird Short-crested Coquette
Bilimsel Ad Ensifera ensifera Lophornis brachylophus
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Critically Endangered
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 15,3 cm (6.0 in) 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Ağırlık 12,75 g (0.45 oz) 2,7 g (0.10 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Nectarivore specializing in small flowers of disturbed areas and edges. Supplements nectar with tiny arthropods …
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Sword-billed Hummingbird only

Short-crested Coquette only

Hiçbiri

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Song & Call Comparison

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Şarkı

Thin, reedy whistle with plaintive character; soft nasal tone held briefly then gently fading in mist.

Short-crested Coquette

Şarkı

Rough, raspy buzz with coarse texture; sustained harsh sound with vibrating quality audible through dense vegetation.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 1,700–3,500 m.

Short-crested Coquette

Endemic to a small area of the Sierra de Atoyac in Guerrero, Mexico in cloud forest. 1,200–2,000 m. Critically endangered.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Critically Endangered

Short-crested Coquette

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Tuy

Olivaceous Thornbill: males with iridescent purple gorget; metallic olive-bronze above; white underparts; females green above; spots

Short-crested Coquette

Tuy

Magenta-throated Woodstar: shining metallic green above; glittering magenta-red gorget; pale buff underparts; rufous flanks; straight bill

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About These Birds

Sword-billed Hummingbird

A remarkable hummingbird (14-15 cm body) with a bill as long as its body (8-10 cm), the longest bill relative to body size of any bird. Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia at 1,700-3,500 m. The extraordinarily long bill evolved to feed on deep tubular Passiflora flowers.

Short-crested Coquette

A tiny hummingbird (7 cm) endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Males have a short rufous crest. Green plumage. Nectarivore of humid montane forest. Critically Endangered with an extremely small range and declining habitat.

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