Reticulated Python vs Speckled Hummingbird

Python reticulatus compared with Adelomyia melanogenys

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Reticulated Python	Speckled Hummingbird
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Reptilia (réptil)	Aves (ave)
Order	Squamata (Escamados)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Pythonidae (Pythons)	Trochilidae
Genus	Python (Pythons)	Adelomyia
Species	Python reticulatus	Adelomyia melanogenys

Evolutionary Relationship

Reticulated Python and Speckled Hummingbird share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Speckled Hummingbird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Reticulated Python	Speckled Hummingbird
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	25 years	—
Average Length	6.0 m	—
Average Weight	75.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Reticulated Python

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand.

Speckled Hummingbird

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Reticulated Python

A piton-reticulada (Python reticulatus) e a cobra mais comprida do mundo e uma das mais pesadas. Mata suas presas por constricao.

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.