White-bearded Helmetcrest vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Oxypogon lindenii ile kıyaslandığında Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik White-bearded Helmetcrest Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Oxypogon lindenii Archilochus colubris
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 14,4 cm (5.7 in) 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 4,8 g (0.17 oz) 3,1 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore restricted to high Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta páramo. Visits sparse Espeletia blooms; supplements … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
White-bearded Helmetcrest
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8,5 cm
Kanat Açıklığı
White-bearded Helmetcrest 14,4 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11,0 cm
Ağırlık
White-bearded Helmetcrest 4,8 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3,1 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

White-bearded Helmetcrest 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

White-bearded Helmetcrest

Şarkı

Soft, melodic ascending call; gentle pure tones rising gradually in unhurried musical sequence at forest edge.

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

White-bearded Helmetcrest

Endemic to the Venezuelan Andes of Mérida in high páramo at 3,000–4,600 m. Restricted range.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

White-bearded Helmetcrest

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

White-bearded Helmetcrest

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

White-bearded Helmetcrest

A small hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida and Trujillo) at 3,500-4,700 m. Males have a white beard and erect crest. Nectarivore of páramo, visiting Espeletia frailejón. A Venezuelan highland 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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