Scissor-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Hylonympha macrocerca so với Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Tên Khoa Học Hylonympha macrocerca Ocreatus addae
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Endangered Not Evaluated
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 13,3 cm (5.2 in)
Khối Lượng 7,25 g (0.26 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore of Venezuelan cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and diverse forest flowers. Catches small insects near … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Tiếng Hót

Sharp, emphatic chip note repeated rapidly; clean staccato delivery with rising intensity during territorial display.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Tiếng Hót

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

Geographic Range & Migration

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela in cloud forest at 700–1,200 m. Critically endangered.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Endangered

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm plus elongated tail in males, total 18-20 cm) endemic to the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela. Males have deeply forked, scissor-like tail streamers. Nectarivore of humid montane forest. Classified as Endangered.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

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