Fishtail Cup vs Speckled Hummingbird

Gyromitra leucoxantha compared with Adelomyia melanogenys

Key Differences

Fishtail Cup is Critically Endangered while Speckled Hummingbird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fishtail Cup	Speckled Hummingbird
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Discinaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Gyromitra	Adelomyia
Species	Gyromitra leucoxantha	Adelomyia melanogenys

Conservation Status

Fishtail Cup

CR — Critically Endangered

Speckled Hummingbird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fishtail Cup	Speckled Hummingbird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fishtail Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically 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.

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.