Mangrove Hummingbird vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia boucardi 对比 Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Mangrove Hummingbird Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
学名 Amazilia boucardi Nesophlox lyrura
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Endangered Least Concern
体长
翼展 10.9 cm (4.3 in) 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
体重 4.5 g (0.16 oz) 2.425 g (0.09 oz)
食性 Critically endangered; feeds on mangrove flowers in Costa Rica and supplements with small insects and … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
产卵数 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Mangrove Hummingbird only

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Mangrove Hummingbird

鸣唱

Rich, melodic churring with complex cadence; warm resonant notes building in deliberate sequence near mangroves.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

鸣唱

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Mangrove Hummingbird

Endemic to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, restricted to mangrove forests. Classified as Endangered.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

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保护状况

Endangered

Mangrove Hummingbird

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Mangrove Hummingbird

羽毛

Coppery-tailed Coucal: dark brown above; rufous wings; pale below; coppery-glossed tail; red eye; tail iridescence distinctive

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

羽毛

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

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About These Birds

Mangrove Hummingbird

沼地蜂鸟(Amazilia boucardi),体长10-11厘米,特产于哥斯达黎加太平洋沿岸,局限分布于红树林生境。属蜂鸟科(Trochilidae),是全球分布最局限的蜂鸟之一,濒危物种,红树林的破坏对其构成严重威胁。

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.

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