Tapajos Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis aethopygus so với Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Tapajos Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
Tên Khoa Học Phaethornis aethopygus Selasphorus sasin
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Vulnerable Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 8,2 cm (3.2 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
Khối Lượng 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectar generalist visiting a wide range of forest flowers; also catches small arthropods by aerial … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
Số Trứng -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Tapajos Hermit only

Không

Allen's Hummingbird only

Không

Song & Call Comparison

Tapajos Hermit

Tiếng Hót

Rapid, bubbling series of soft notes; pleasant liquid twittering reminiscent of water over pebbles in a shallow stream.

Allen's Hummingbird

Tiếng Hót

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Tapajos Hermit

Found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, primarily along the Tapajós River and its tributaries. Resident in humid lowland forest undergrowth.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Vulnerable

Tapajos Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Tapajos Hermit

Bộ Lông

Small hermit; bronze-green upperparts with orange-buff rump; pale buff underparts with faint streaking; pale supercilium; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; Amazonian species recently split; orange-buff rump distinctive among small hermits.

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Tapajos Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found along the Tapajós River basin in central Brazil. Green plumage with rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Recently described as a species distinct from other Phaethornis hermits based on vocal and plumage differences.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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