Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Sooty Barbthroat

Ocreatus addae so với Threnetes niger

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Rufous-booted Racket-tail Sooty Barbthroat
Tên Khoa Học Ocreatus addae Threnetes niger
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Not Evaluated Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 11,8 cm (4.6 in)
Khối Lượng 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 5,8 g (0.20 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Primarily nectarivore visiting tubular flowers; supplements diet with small insects and spiders for protein.
Số Trứng 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Không

Sooty Barbthroat only

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.

Sooty Barbthroat

Tiếng Hót

Melodic, descending whistle with rich timbre; smooth pure tone dropping gracefully through several semitones then fading.

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.

Sooty Barbthroat

Found in a restricted range in northeastern Brazil and adjacent French Guiana. Resident in coastal rainforest. Rare and locally distributed.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Sooty Barbthroat

How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Sooty Barbthroat

Bộ Lông

Dark sooty-brown and green upperparts; sooty-dark throat and breast; belly pale grey-buff; tail dark with pale tip; Guiana region endemic; distinctly darker and sootier below than other barbthroats with heavily …

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.

Sooty Barbthroat

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-12 cm) found in humid lowland forests of the eastern Amazon basin and the Guianas. Dark sooty-green plumage. Nectarivore of dense forest undergrowth. One of the least known hermit hummingbirds due to its restricted range in remote forests.

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