Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri)

Other Names (World)
Slender-tailed Woodstar, Slender-billed Woodstar

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
7 - 8 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1887)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,600 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia.

Central and southern Bolivia to northern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán). Old record from Yungas of La Paz (north-western Bolivia).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Flight call is a high-pitched 'teeayoh... teeayoh...', fast.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri) [XC96619]
by Sjoerd Mayer from El Chuchial, Santa Cruz dept., Bolivia (call)

Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri) [XC96618]
by Daniel Lane from El Chuchial, Santa Cruz dept., Bolivia (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into an expanded version of Calliphlox on the basis of morphological characters. However, probably best placed within Chaetocercus, as originally proposed.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri) - 10 files

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