Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Black-billed Streamertail

Nesophlox lyrura so với Trochilus scitulus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Black-billed Streamertail
Tên Khoa Học Nesophlox lyrura Trochilus scitulus
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 8,0 cm (3.1 in) 13,0 cm (5.1 in)
Khối Lượng 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 4,7 g (0.17 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
Số Trứng 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

Không

Black-billed Streamertail only

Không

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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.

Black-billed Streamertail

Tiếng Hót

Buzzy, insect-like sustained trill; continuous high-frequency vibration with rapid modulation near nectar flowers.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

Black-billed Streamertail

Endemic to the eastern Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Restricted to montane forest. Sometimes treated as subspecies.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Black-billed Streamertail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Bộ Lông

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

Black-billed Streamertail

Bộ Lông

Black-faced Coucal: glossy black head; rufous-brown wings; black underparts; red eye; long dark tail; sexually similar plumage

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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.

Black-billed Streamertail

A hummingbird (9-10 cm body + long tail streamers in males) endemic to the eastern Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Males similar to Red-billed Streamertail but with a black bill. Nectarivore of montane forest. Sometimes considered a subspecies of Red-billed Streamertail.

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