Long-tailed Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis superciliosus 对比 Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Long-tailed Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
学名 Phaethornis superciliosus Selasphorus sasin
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Trochilidae Trochilidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 11.7 cm (4.6 in) 8.1 cm (3.2 in)
体重 5.15 g (0.18 oz) 3.1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
食性 Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
产卵数 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Long-tailed Hermit only

Allen's Hummingbird only

Song & Call Comparison

Long-tailed Hermit

鸣唱

Thin, sibilant hissing trill; continuous soft buzz with slight pulsing quality, issued during slow hovering near blossoms.

Allen's Hummingbird

鸣唱

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Long-tailed Hermit

Found in lowland humid forest from Colombia and Venezuela east through the Guianas and south through Amazonian Brazil. 0–700 m.

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

Least Concern

Long-tailed Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Long-tailed Hermit

A large hermit hummingbird (15-17 cm) found in humid lowland forests from Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. Green plumage with long, curved bill and very long, white-tipped central tail feathers. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Males gather in singing leks.

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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