Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Purple-backed Thornbill

Ocreatus addae so với Ramphomicron microrhynchum

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Rufous-booted Racket-tail Purple-backed Thornbill
Tên Khoa Học Ocreatus addae Ramphomicron microrhynchum
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Trochilidae Trochilidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Not Evaluated Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 10,2 cm (4.0 in)
Khối Lượng 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 3,3 g (0.12 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore foraging at mossy treeline vegetation and compact Ericaceae blooms. Supplements with small insects.
Số Trứng 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Không

Purple-backed Thornbill 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-backed Thornbill

Tiếng Hót

Bright, cheerful twittering with bubbling quality; light rapid notes cascading freely in animated display near flowers.

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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-backed Thornbill

Widespread in high Andean habitats from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 2,000–4,400 m.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Purple-backed Thornbill

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Bộ Lông

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

Purple-backed Thornbill

Bộ Lông

Steely-vented Hummingbird: males with iridescent ruby-red gorget; metallic green above; white postocular stripe; blue-steel tail

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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-backed Thornbill

A tiny hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia at 2,000-3,800 m. Males have iridescent purple back. Tiny, short bill. Nectarivore of high-elevation flowering shrubs. One of the smallest hummingbirds in the Andes.

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