White-whiskered Hermit vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Phaethornis yaruqui ile kıyaslandığında Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik White-whiskered Hermit Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Phaethornis yaruqui Archilochus colubris
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 11,9 cm (4.7 in) 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 5,416666666666667 g (0.19 oz) 3,1 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
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Size Comparison

Body Length
White-whiskered Hermit
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8,5 cm
Kanat Açıklığı
White-whiskered Hermit 11,9 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11,0 cm
Ağırlık
White-whiskered Hermit 5,416666666666667 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3,1 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

White-whiskered Hermit 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-whiskered Hermit

Şarkı

Gentle, melodic warbling with flowing phrases; notes weaving smoothly in quiet musical progression through dappled forest.

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-whiskered Hermit

Endemic to the Pacific slope of Ecuador and northwestern Colombia in lowland humid forest. Sea level to 800 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

White-whiskered Hermit

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

White-whiskered Hermit

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-whiskered Hermit

A medium-sized hermit hummingbird (13-15 cm) found in humid foothill forests of western Colombia and Ecuador. Dark plumage with white whisker-like throat stripes and long, white-tipped tail. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. A specialist of Chocó rainforest habitats.

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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