Mantled Baskettail vs Speckled Hummingbird

Epitheca semiaquea compared with Adelomyia melanogenys

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mantled Baskettail	Speckled Hummingbird
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Corduliidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Epitheca	Adelomyia
Species	Epitheca semiaquea	Adelomyia melanogenys

Evolutionary Relationship

Mantled Baskettail and Speckled Hummingbird share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Mantled Baskettail

LC — Least Concern

Speckled Hummingbird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mantled Baskettail	Speckled Hummingbird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mantled Baskettail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.