Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Black-throated Hermit

Nesophlox lyrura ile kıyaslandığında Phaethornis atrimentalis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Black-throated Hermit
Bilimsel Ad Nesophlox lyrura Phaethornis atrimentalis
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,0 cm (3.1 in) 7,7 cm (3.0 in)
Ağırlık 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 2,8 g (0.10 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore of long-tubed lowland flowers, especially Heliconia. Gleans small insects and spiders from leaf surfaces.
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Black-throated Hermit only

Hiçbiri

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Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Şarkı

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

Black-throated Hermit

Şarkı

Buzzy, insect-like trill with rapid modulation; high-frequency buzz sustained briefly then repeated after short pause.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

Black-throated Hermit

Found in Amazonian foothills of Ecuador, Peru, and far western Brazil at 200–1,200 m. Uncommon and patchily distributed.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Black-throated Hermit

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Tuy

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

Black-throated Hermit

Tuy

Pale-tailed Barbthroat: buffy-white underparts; olive-green above; distinct pale buff supercilium; long graduated tail; slightly decurved pink-based bill

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About These Birds

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

Black-throated Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in humid lowland forests from Colombia to Peru and western Brazil. Dark throat patch contrasting with pale underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth, visiting small Heliconia and Costus flowers along forest streams.

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