Black-tailed Trainbearer vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Lesbia victoriae so với Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Black-tailed Trainbearer Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
Tên Khoa Học Lesbia victoriae Nesophlox lyrura
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 11,7 cm (4.6 in) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Khối Lượng 4,9 g (0.17 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore of Andean dry inter-valley scrub; visits Salvia, Lupinus, and Calceolaria. Supplements with small arthropods. Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
Số Trứng -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Black-tailed Trainbearer only

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Tiếng Hót

Sharp, crackling trill with percussive edge; rapid dry notes delivered forcefully near active competitive territory.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Tiếng Hót

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Found in high Andean scrub and open habitats from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 2,500–4,200 m.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Bộ Lông

Cuban Emerald: males with deep purple gorget; metallic bronze-green above; white flanks; females plain green above; pale spotted below

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Bộ Lông

Mexican Woodnymph: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green above; white flanks; females green above; spotted white below

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About These Birds

Black-tailed Trainbearer

A spectacular hummingbird (10 cm body + 15 cm tail in males) found in Andean highlands from Colombia to Peru at 2,500-4,000 m. Males have extraordinarily long, black outer tail streamers. Nectarivore of páramo and cloud forest edges. Named for its dramatic trailing tail feathers.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

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