Pectis vs Speckled Hummingbird

Pectis subsquarrosa compared with Adelomyia melanogenys

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pectis	Speckled Hummingbird
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (ave)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Trochilidae
Genus	Pectis	Adelomyia
Species	Pectis subsquarrosa	Adelomyia melanogenys

Conservation Status

Pectis

LC — Least Concern

Speckled Hummingbird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pectis	Speckled Hummingbird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pectis

Habitat

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

Speckled Hummingbird

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Speckled Hummingbird

O beija-flor-pintado (Adelomyia melanogenys) e um beija-flor de porte medio com as partes inferiores pintalgadas ou malhadas, incomum entre os beija-flores dominados por plumagens lisas ou iridescentes. Habita florestas de neblina e bordas de floresta nos Andes, da Colombia e Venezuela ate a Bolivia, em elevacoes de 900 a 3.000 metros. O padrao de manchas nas partes inferiores oferece camuflagem notavel quando o ave se pousa sobre casca coberta de liquens. E importante polinizador de epifitas andinas.