Tapajos Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis aethopygus 对比 Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Tapajos Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
学名 Phaethornis aethopygus Selasphorus sasin
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Vulnerable Least Concern
体长
翼展 8.2 cm (3.2 in) 8.1 cm (3.2 in)
体重 3.0 g (0.11 oz) 3.1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
食性 Nectar generalist visiting a wide range of forest flowers; also catches small arthropods by aerial … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
产卵数 -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Tapajos Hermit only

Allen's Hummingbird only

Song & Call Comparison

Tapajos Hermit

鸣唱

Rapid, bubbling series of soft notes; pleasant liquid twittering reminiscent of water over pebbles in a shallow stream.

Allen's Hummingbird

鸣唱

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Tapajos Hermit

Found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, primarily along the Tapajós River and its tributaries. Resident in humid lowland forest undergrowth.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

保护状况

Vulnerable

Tapajos Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Tapajos Hermit

羽毛

Small hermit; bronze-green upperparts with orange-buff rump; pale buff underparts with faint streaking; pale supercilium; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; Amazonian species recently split; orange-buff rump distinctive among small hermits.

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Tapajos Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found along the Tapajós River basin in central Brazil. Green plumage with rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Recently described as a species distinct from other Phaethornis hermits based on vocal and plumage differences.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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