Ruby-throated Hummingbird vs Green-bellied Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris ile kıyaslandığında Saucerottia viridigaster

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Ruby-throated Hummingbird Green-bellied Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Archilochus colubris Saucerottia viridigaster
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Ağırlık 3,1 g (0.11 oz) 4,366666666666666 g (0.15 oz)
Beslenme Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over … Nectarivore of Andean foothills in Colombia and Venezuela; feeds at bromeliads and supplements with arthropods.
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8,5 cm
Green-bellied Hummingbird
Kanat Açıklığı
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11,0 cm
Green-bellied Hummingbird
Ağırlık
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3,1 g
Green-bellied Hummingbird 4,366666666666666 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Green-bellied 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

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.

Green-bellied Hummingbird

Şarkı

Rough, grating chatter with coarse texture; harsh series of notes delivered emphatically during territorial encounter.

Geographic Range & Migration

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

Green-bellied Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Venezuela at 500-2,000 m. Resident in montane forest edges.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Least Concern

Green-bellied Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

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

Green-bellied Hummingbird

About These Birds

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.

Green-bellied Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Venezuela at 500-2,000 m. Green plumage with green belly. Nectarivore of montane forest edges and gardens. Taxonomy complex with several subspecies.

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