Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus)

Other Scientific Names
Acestrura bombus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Acestrura bombus [Stotz et al. (1996)], Acestrura bombus [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Acestrura bombus [Collar et al. (1994)], Acestrura bombus [BirdLife International (2000)], Acestrura bombus [BirdLife International (2004)]

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
6 - 8.40 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1871

Habitat
Humid evergreen forest, the transitional zone between dry and wet forests. From sea-level - 3,050 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (NB), Ecuador (B), Peru (B).

Andes of extreme south-western Colombia (southern Nariño) and western Ecuador to northern Peru; also locally in eastern Ecuador and north-central Peru (Huánuco).

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging and conversion to agriculture and plantations is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of rapid 'chit-cheet' and 'chit-chit-cheet' calls.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) [XC118107]
by Du\u0161an M. Brinkhuizen from Cabanas Copalinga, Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (call, foraging call)

Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) [XC118108]
by Niels Krabbe from Cabanas Copalinga, Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (call, interaction call)

Subspecies
Usually placed in genus Acestrura, along with White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant), Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor), Santa Marta Woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans) and Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi), but no evidence in external morphology justifies treatment in a genus separate from Rufous-shafted Woodstar (Chaetocercus jourdanii).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) - 10 files

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