Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Nesophlox lyrura so với Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Tên Khoa Học Nesophlox lyrura Ocreatus addae
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Not Evaluated
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
Khối Lượng 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … 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

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Tiếng Hót

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

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

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

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

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

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.

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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