Santa Marta Sabrewing vs Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Campylopterus phainopeplus so với Archilochus colubris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Santa Marta Sabrewing Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Tên Khoa Học Campylopterus phainopeplus Archilochus colubris
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Critically Endangered Least Concern
Chiều Dài 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 13,6 cm (5.4 in) 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Khối Lượng 6,825 g (0.24 oz) 3,1 g (0.11 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Feeds on nectar from flowering shrubs and epiphytes. Catches small insects and spiders to meet … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
Số Trứng -- 2
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Santa Marta Sabrewing
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8,5 cm
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh
Santa Marta Sabrewing 13,6 cm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11,0 cm
Khối Lượng
Santa Marta Sabrewing 6,825 g
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3,1 g

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Santa Marta Sabrewing only

Không

Ruby-throated Hummingbird only

Không

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

Song & Call Comparison

Santa Marta Sabrewing

Tiếng Hót

Rapid, animated twittering with bright quality; light notes cascading freely in cheerful energetic sequence.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Tiếng Hót

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

Santa Marta Sabrewing

Endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, at 1,200-3,000 m. Classified as Endangered.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Critically Endangered

Santa Marta Sabrewing

Least Concern

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Santa Marta Sabrewing

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Bộ Lông

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.

Mỏ

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

About These Birds

Santa Marta Sabrewing

A large hummingbird (12-13 cm) endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, at 1,200-3,000 m. Dark green plumage with iridescent blue throat. Nectarivore of cloud forest. A Santa Marta endemic. Classified as Endangered due to restricted range.

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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