Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Little Hermit

Ocreatus addae 对比 Phaethornis longuemareus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-booted Racket-tail Little Hermit
学名 Ocreatus addae Phaethornis longuemareus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Not Evaluated Least Concern
体长
翼展 8.6 cm (3.4 in)
体重 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 3.3 g (0.12 oz)
食性 Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Primarily nectar-feeding; uses exceptionally curved bill to access heliconia blossoms; supplements with small insects.
产卵数 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Little Hermit 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.

Little Hermit

鸣唱

Loud, ringing whistle with bold projection; clear single-pitch call carrying impressively across open montane grassland.

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.

Little Hermit

Found from Trinidad and northern Venezuela west through much of Amazonia to Bolivia. Resident in lowland forest undergrowth near streams.

保护状况

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Little Hermit

How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Little Hermit

羽毛

Tiny; bronze-green upperparts with rufous-buff rump band; buff underparts; pale buff supercilium and malar stripe bordering dark face mask; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; Trinidad and Venezuela species.

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.

Little Hermit

A tiny hermit hummingbird (8-9 cm), one of the smallest hummingbirds. Found in humid forests from Mexico to Brazil and Trinidad. Green upperparts with rufous-buff underparts and a curved bill. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth, visiting small flowers along forest streams and trails.

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