Amazilia Hummingbird vs Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Amazilis amazilia 对比 Schistes albogularis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Amazilia Hummingbird Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird
学名 Amazilis amazilia Schistes albogularis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 11.0 cm (4.3 in)
体重 5.066666666666666 g (0.18 oz) 3.925 g (0.14 oz)
食性 Feeds on nectar from flowering shrubs and epiphytes. Catches small insects and spiders to meet … Nectarivore visiting Centropogon and other understory flowers in Andean foothills. Gleans small insects from flowers …
产卵数 2 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Amazilia Hummingbird only

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Amazilia Hummingbird

鸣唱

Buzzy, high-pitched trill with insect-like quality; rapid sustained vibration barely distinguishable from insects.

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

鸣唱

Bright, musical series of ascending notes; cheerful rising phrase with clear quality delivered repeatedly at dawn.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Amazilia Hummingbird

Found in arid coastal lowlands of western Peru and Ecuador. Resident in desert scrub and river valleys.

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Found on the western Andean slope in Colombia and Ecuador in cloud forest at 900–2,100 m elevation. Resident.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Amazilia Hummingbird

Least Concern

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Amazilia Hummingbird

羽毛

Coucal (Celebes): dark glossy black above; rufous wings; pale buff below; long dark tail; red eye; Sulawesi island endemic coucal

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

羽毛

White-crested Coquette: males with white crest; iridescent green gorget; females with reduced white crest; green above; buff below

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About These Birds

Amazilia Hummingbird

秘鲁蜂鸟(Amazilis amazilia),体长9-10厘米,分布于秘鲁和厄瓜多尔西部干燥沿海低地。体羽绿色,下体浅色。属蜂鸟科(Trochilidae),是南美洲西部海岸的特有种。

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador at 1,000-2,500 m. Green plumage with a distinctive wedge-shaped bill and white throat. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. Recently split from Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird.

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