Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Long-tailed Woodnymph

Nesophlox lyrura ile kıyaslandığında Thalurania watertonii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Long-tailed Woodnymph
Bilimsel Ad Nesophlox lyrura Thalurania watertonii
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Endangered
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,0 cm (3.1 in) 10,9 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 4,3999999999999995 g (0.16 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Feeds on floral nectar in Atlantic Forest understory; supplements diet with small insects and spiders …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Long-tailed Woodnymph only

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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.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

Şarkı

Soft, sibilant notes in flowing sequence; gentle high twittering with airy quality near flowering vegetation.

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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.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Classified as Endangered due to severe habitat fragmentation.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endangered

Long-tailed Woodnymph

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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

Long-tailed Woodnymph

Tuy

Savile's Bustard: pale brown above; white underparts; black crown; pale streaked mantle; males with dark collar; sexually dimorphic

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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.

Long-tailed Woodnymph

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Males have a long, deeply forked violet-blue tail and green body. Nectarivore of forest edges. Classified as Endangered due to severe Atlantic Forest fragmentation.

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