Grey-breasted Sabrewing vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Campylopterus largipennis 对比 Nesophlox lyrura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Grey-breasted Sabrewing Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
学名 Campylopterus largipennis Nesophlox lyrura
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 14.5 cm (5.7 in) 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
体重 7.980000000000001 g (0.28 oz) 2.425 g (0.09 oz)
食性 Feeds on nectar from Amazonian understory flowers, favouring Heliconia. Supplements diet with insects and spiders … 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

Grey-breasted Sabrewing only

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

鸣唱

Soft, melodic warbling with gentle flowing quality; notes weaving smoothly in quiet musical phrase. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

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

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Resident in lowland forests.

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

Least Concern

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

羽毛

Livingstone's Turaco: rich glossy green body; long green crest with white tips; white facial stripe; crimson flight feathers; red bill

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

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

灰胸刀翅蜂鸟,体长13–15厘米,分布于委内瑞拉经亚马逊至玻利维亚和巴西,胸部灰色。

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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