Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Many-spotted Hummingbird

Nesophlox lyrura ile kıyaslandığında Taphrospilus hypostictus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Many-spotted Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Nesophlox lyrura Taphrospilus hypostictus
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,0 cm (3.1 in) 13,4 cm (5.3 in)
Ağırlık 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 7,4 g (0.26 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Feeds on nectar from flowering shrubs and epiphytes. Catches small insects and spiders to meet …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Many-spotted Hummingbird 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.

Many-spotted Hummingbird

Şarkı

Soft, melodic warbling with gentle flowing character; notes weaving smoothly in quiet phrase through forest.

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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.

Many-spotted Hummingbird

Found in humid Andean foothill forests from Colombia to Bolivia at 500-1,800 m. Resident in forest edges.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Many-spotted Hummingbird

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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

Many-spotted Hummingbird

Tuy

Scaled Ground-cuckoo: pale buff below with dark scaling; brown above; blue orbital skin; long tail; scaled chest pattern; ground runner

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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.

Many-spotted Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in humid Andean foothill forests from Colombia to Bolivia at 500-1,800 m. Green plumage with many buff spots on the underparts. Nectarivore of forest edges and clearings. Named for its distinctive spotted breast.

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