Blue Phlox vs Speckled Hummingbird

Phlox divaricata compared with Adelomyia melanogenys

Key Differences

• Blue Phlox is Not Evaluated while Speckled Hummingbird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Phlox	Speckled Hummingbird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Polemoniaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Phlox	Adelomyia
Species	Phlox divaricata	Adelomyia melanogenys

Conservation Status

Blue Phlox

NE — Not Evaluated

Speckled Hummingbird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Phlox	Speckled Hummingbird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Phlox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Speckled Hummingbird

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Blue Phlox

The Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) is a species in the genus Phlox. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Speckled Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird with speckled or spotted underparts — unusual among hummingbirds dominated by plain or iridescent plumages — speckled hummingbirds inhabit cloud forest and forest edges in the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia at elevations of 900–3,000 meters. The spotted underpart pattern provides remarkable camouflage when the bird perches on lichen-covered bark. They forage on nectar and small arthropods and are important pollinators of Andean epiphytes.