Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Grey-bellied Comet

Ocreatus addae ile kıyaslandığında Taphrolesbia griseiventris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Rufous-booted Racket-tail Grey-bellied Comet
Bilimsel Ad Ocreatus addae Taphrolesbia griseiventris
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Not Evaluated Endangered
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 15,6 cm (6.1 in)
Ağırlık 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 8,94 g (0.32 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of Peruvian dry inter-Andean valleys; visits sparse Chuquiraga blooms. Supplements with small insects.
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Hiçbiri

Grey-bellied Comet only

Hiçbiri

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Şarkı

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

Grey-bellied Comet

Şarkı

Crisp, musical chip with bright quality; single sharp note ringing cleanly, repeated at irregular but frequent intervals.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

Grey-bellied Comet

Endemic to the western Andean slope in Peru in arid scrub and intermontane valleys. 2,400–3,800 m. Highly restricted range.

Koruma Durumu

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Endangered

Grey-bellied Comet

About These Birds

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

Grey-bellied Comet

A medium-sized hummingbird (15-18 cm including long tail) endemic to a small range in the Andes of Peru at 3,000-3,500 m. Grey belly and long, forked tail. Nectarivore. Classified as Endangered due to an extremely restricted range. One of the rarest Andean hummingbirds.

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