White-throated Mountain-gem vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Lampornis castaneoventris so với Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính White-throated Mountain-gem Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Tên Khoa Học Lampornis castaneoventris Ocreatus addae
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Not Evaluated
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 12,2 cm (4.8 in)
Khối Lượng 5,58 g (0.20 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore of Costa Rican highlands; visits diverse cloud-forest flowers. Supplements diet with small insects and … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Số Trứng 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

White-throated Mountain-gem only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Song & Call Comparison

White-throated Mountain-gem

Tiếng Hót

Thin, reedy trill with wavering quality; soft rapid notes with gentle tremolo effect given from cover.

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

White-throated Mountain-gem

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama in cloud forest. 1,200–2,800 m. Resident.

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

Least Concern

White-throated Mountain-gem

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-throated Mountain-gem

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,000-2,500 m. Males have a white throat and chestnut belly. Nectarivore of cloud forest and forest edges. A Talamanca-Chiriquí endemic.

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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