Eastern Mountaineer vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Oreonympha nobilis ile kıyaslandığında Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Eastern Mountaineer Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Oreonympha nobilis Archilochus colubris
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 16,0 cm (6.3 in) 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 8,333333333333334 g (0.29 oz) 3,1 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Andean dry valley scrub; visits Cactaceae, Puya, and Chuquiraga flowers. Catches small insects … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Eastern Mountaineer
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8,5 cm
Kanat Açıklığı
Eastern Mountaineer 16,0 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11,0 cm
Ağırlık
Eastern Mountaineer 8,333333333333334 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3,1 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Eastern Mountaineer only

Hiçbiri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

Song & Call Comparison

Eastern Mountaineer

Şarkı

Harsh, nasal chatter with buzzy overtone; rough emphatic notes delivered rapidly with raw coarse texture.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Şarkı

Soft, high-pitched chattering and twittering 'chee-dit'. Also produces a thin 'tik' call in flight. Wing beats create an audible high-pitched humming buzz during hovering.

Geographic Range & Migration

Eastern Mountaineer

Endemic to Peru in the upper Apurímac and Urubamba drainages in arid high-altitude scrub. 2,500–4,000 m elevation.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. Winters in Central America and southern Mexico.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Eastern Mountaineer

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Eastern Mountaineer

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Tuy

Metallic green upperparts and greyish-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent ruby-red gorget that appears black in poor light. Females lack the gorget.

Gaga

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

About These Birds

Eastern Mountaineer

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-14 cm) endemic to the Andes of Peru at 2,800-4,500 m. Brown plumage with iridescent throat patch and long, forked tail. Nectarivore of puna scrub and Polylepis woodland. The only member of its genus. A Peruvian endemic.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only breeding hummingbird in eastern North America. These tiny birds beat their wings about 53 times per second and can fly backwards, sideways, and even briefly upside down. They make an extraordinary non-stop 800 km crossing of the Gulf of Mexico during migration.

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