Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Purple-crowned Plovercrest

Ocreatus addae so với Stephanoxis loddigesii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Rufous-booted Racket-tail Purple-crowned Plovercrest
Tên Khoa Học Ocreatus addae Stephanoxis loddigesii
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Not Evaluated Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 9,5 cm (3.7 in)
Khối Lượng 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 3,2 g (0.11 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Hovering nectarivore of lowland and montane forest, probing Heliconia and garden flowers. Supplements with insects …
Số Trứng 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Purple-crowned Plovercrest only

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Tiếng Hót

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

Purple-crowned Plovercrest

Tiếng Hót

High, insect-like buzz sustained steadily; thin monotone with rapid modulation barely distinguishable from background insects.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Purple-crowned Plovercrest

Found in southeastern Brazil. Resident in Atlantic Forest edges and secondary growth. An Atlantic Forest near-endemic.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Purple-crowned Plovercrest

About These Birds

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.

Purple-crowned Plovercrest

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in southeastern Brazil. Males have a purple-violet crest. Nectarivore of Atlantic Forest edges and secondary growth. Recently split from Green-crowned Plovercrest. An Atlantic Forest near-endemic.

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