Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Black-billed Streamertail

Ocreatus addae 对比 Trochilus scitulus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-booted Racket-tail Black-billed Streamertail
学名 Ocreatus addae Trochilus scitulus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Not Evaluated Least Concern
体长
翼展 13.0 cm (5.1 in)
体重 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 4.7 g (0.17 oz)
食性 Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
产卵数 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Black-billed Streamertail 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.

Black-billed Streamertail

鸣唱

Buzzy, insect-like sustained trill; continuous high-frequency vibration with rapid modulation near nectar flowers.

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.

Black-billed Streamertail

Endemic to the eastern Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Restricted to montane forest. Sometimes treated as subspecies.

保护状况

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Black-billed Streamertail

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.

Black-billed Streamertail

A hummingbird (9-10 cm body + long tail streamers in males) endemic to the eastern Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Males similar to Red-billed Streamertail but with a black bill. Nectarivore of montane forest. Sometimes considered a subspecies of Red-billed Streamertail.

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