Allen's Hummingbird vs Sooty Barbthroat

Selasphorus sasin ile kıyaslandığında Threnetes niger

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Allen's Hummingbird Sooty Barbthroat
Bilimsel Ad Selasphorus sasin Threnetes niger
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,1 cm (3.2 in) 11,8 cm (4.6 in)
Ağırlık 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz) 5,8 g (0.20 oz)
Beslenme Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with … Primarily nectarivore visiting tubular flowers; supplements diet with small insects and spiders for protein.
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Allen's Hummingbird only

Hiçbiri

Sooty Barbthroat only

Song & Call Comparison

Allen's Hummingbird

Şarkı

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

Sooty Barbthroat

Şarkı

Melodic, descending whistle with rich timbre; smooth pure tone dropping gracefully through several semitones then fading.

Geographic Range & Migration

Allen's Hummingbird

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

Sooty Barbthroat

Found in a restricted range in northeastern Brazil and adjacent French Guiana. Resident in coastal rainforest. Rare and locally distributed.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Sooty Barbthroat

How to Tell Them Apart

Allen's Hummingbird

Sooty Barbthroat

Tuy

Dark sooty-brown and green upperparts; sooty-dark throat and breast; belly pale grey-buff; tail dark with pale tip; Guiana region endemic; distinctly darker and sootier below than other barbthroats with heavily …

About These Birds

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.

Sooty Barbthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-12 cm) found in humid lowland forests of the eastern Amazon basin and the Guianas. Dark sooty-green plumage. Nectarivore of dense forest undergrowth. One of the least known hermit hummingbirds due to its restricted range in remote forests.

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