Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-gaped Hillstar

Nesophlox lyrura ile kıyaslandığında Urochroa bougueri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-gaped Hillstar
Bilimsel Ad Nesophlox lyrura Urochroa bougueri
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,0 cm (3.1 in) 15,7 cm (6.2 in)
Ağırlık 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 11,35 g (0.40 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Colombian and Ecuadorian montane forest; visits Ericaceae and Fuchsia blooms. Catches small arthropods.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Rufous-gaped Hillstar 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.

Rufous-gaped Hillstar

Şarkı

Thin, crystalline twittering with airy quality; light rapid notes cascading softly in animated aerial display.

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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.

Rufous-gaped Hillstar

Found on the Pacific slope and western Andean ridge from Colombia south to Ecuador at 1,200–2,800 m.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Rufous-gaped Hillstar

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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

Rufous-gaped Hillstar

Tuy

White-tipped Sicklebill (alt): males with ruby-red gorget; metallic green; white-tipped outer tail feathers; females green above; spots

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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.

Rufous-gaped Hillstar

A medium-sized hummingbird (13-14 cm) found in cloud forests of western Colombia and Ecuador at 1,000-2,200 m. Green plumage with rufous vent and long, deeply notched tail. Nectarivore of Chocó cloud forest. Named hillstar despite being a lowland-montane species.

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