Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Ecuadorian Piedtail

Nesophlox lyrura ile kıyaslandığında Phlogophilus hemileucurus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Ecuadorian Piedtail
Bilimsel Ad Nesophlox lyrura Phlogophilus hemileucurus
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,0 cm (3.1 in) 10,0 cm (3.9 in)
Ağırlık 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 2,56 g (0.09 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Andean foothill undergrowth; visits small epiphyte and Heliconia flowers. Supplements with arthropods.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Ecuadorian Piedtail 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.

Ecuadorian Piedtail

Şarkı

High, crystalline notes in musical phrase; clear bright sequence ascending smoothly in cheerful morning vocalisation.

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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.

Ecuadorian Piedtail

Found on both Andean slopes in Ecuador in humid foothill and lower montane forest. 400–1,600 m elevation.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Ecuadorian Piedtail

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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

Ecuadorian Piedtail

Tuy

Costa's Hummingbird: males with brilliant violet gorget with elongated side gorget feathers; metallic green above; females plain below

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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.

Ecuadorian Piedtail

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador at 1,000-2,000 m. Green plumage with white-tipped tail and dusky breast. Nectarivore of montane forest. Found in dense, mossy cloud forest understory. Uncommon.

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