Allen's Hummingbird vs Band-tailed Barbthroat

Selasphorus sasin ile kıyaslandığında Threnetes ruckeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Allen's Hummingbird Band-tailed Barbthroat
Bilimsel Ad Selasphorus sasin Threnetes ruckeri
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 8,1 cm (3.2 in) 11,3 cm (4.4 in)
Ağırlık 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz) 6,0 g (0.21 oz)
Beslenme Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with … Nectarivore specialising in long curved tubular flowers; also hawks small flies and midges near forest …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

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Song & Call Comparison

Allen's Hummingbird

Şarkı

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

Band-tailed Barbthroat

Şarkı

Crisp, emphatic single chip repeated at intervals; clear staccato note with sharp attack and brief resonant tail.

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.

Band-tailed Barbthroat

Found from southern Mexico through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. Resident in lowland forest and shaded streams.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Band-tailed Barbthroat

How to Tell Them Apart

Allen's Hummingbird

Band-tailed Barbthroat

Tuy

Bronze-green upperparts; pale buff underparts with dark throat; broad black-and-white banded tail with rufous base; blackish chin and throat with pale malar stripe; Central American species with boldly banded tail …

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.

Band-tailed Barbthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-12 cm) with a decurved bill, found in humid lowland forests from Guatemala to northwestern Colombia. Green plumage with a pale breast band. Named for the barb-like feathers on its throat. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth, visiting Heliconia flowers.

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