Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird vs Allen's Hummingbird

Schistes albogularis ile kıyaslandığında Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird
Bilimsel Ad Schistes albogularis Selasphorus sasin
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 11,0 cm (4.3 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
Ağırlık 3,925 g (0.14 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore visiting Centropogon and other understory flowers in Andean foothills. Gleans small insects from flowers … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Şarkı

Bright, musical series of ascending notes; cheerful rising phrase with clear quality delivered repeatedly at dawn.

Allen's Hummingbird

Şarkı

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Found on the western Andean slope in Colombia and Ecuador in cloud forest at 900–2,100 m elevation. Resident.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador at 1,000-2,500 m. Green plumage with a distinctive wedge-shaped bill and white throat. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. Recently split from Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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