Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Wedge-tailed Hillstar

Ocreatus addae 对比 Oreotrochilus adela

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-booted Racket-tail Wedge-tailed Hillstar
学名 Ocreatus addae Oreotrochilus adela
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Not Evaluated Least Concern
体长
翼展 13.1 cm (5.2 in)
体重 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 7.8500000000000005 g (0.28 oz)
食性 Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of Andean inter-valley slopes; visits Chuquiraga and scattered shrub flowers. Catches small arthropods.
产卵数 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Wedge-tailed Hillstar only

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

鸣唱

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

Wedge-tailed Hillstar

鸣唱

Deep, resonant buzz with powerful carrying; low-frequency churring trill audible at impressive distance across open land.

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.

Wedge-tailed Hillstar

Endemic to Bolivia and adjacent Peru in high Andean puna and scrub at 2,800–4,400 m elevation.

保护状况

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Wedge-tailed Hillstar

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.

Wedge-tailed Hillstar

A medium-sized hummingbird (11-12 cm) endemic to the eastern Bolivian Andes at 2,700-4,200 m. Green plumage with a distinctive wedge-shaped tail. Nectarivore of puna scrub and cloud forest edges. A Bolivian near-endemic with a limited range.

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