Date Waxcap vs Speckled Hummingbird

Hygrocybe spadicea compared with Adelomyia melanogenys

Key Differences

• Date Waxcap is Endangered while Speckled Hummingbird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Date Waxcap	Speckled Hummingbird
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Hygrophoraceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Hygrocybe	Adelomyia
Species	Hygrocybe spadicea	Adelomyia melanogenys

Conservation Status

Date Waxcap

EN — Endangered

Speckled Hummingbird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Date Waxcap	Speckled Hummingbird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Date Waxcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Speckled Hummingbird

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway