- Esmeraldas Woodstar
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Esmeraldas Woodstar Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Chaetocercus Species: C. berlepschi Binomial name Chaetocercus berlepschi
Simon, 1889Synonyms Acestrura berlepschi (Simon, 1889)
The Esmeraldas Woodstar, Colibri De Berlepsch, ColibrÍ De Esmeraldas, or Estrellita EsmeraldeÑA (Chaetocercus berlepschi) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Ecuador[1]. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests[2]. It is threatened by habitat loss[3]. Researchers recently found Esmeraldas Woodstars at eleven new localities and collected the first female specimens of the species[4].
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Chaetocercus berlepschi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
- ^ Ridgely, R. S. and P. J. Greenfield. 2001. The birds of Ecuador. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA.
- ^ Ágreda, A. E. 2007. Feeding ecology and conservation of Esmeraldas Woodstar Chaetocercus berlepschi in the Chongón-Colonche Hills, western Ecuador. Cotinga 27:38–41.
- ^ BirdLife International. 2008. Species factsheet: Chaetocercus berlepschi. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom. www.birdlife.org/datazone/
- ^ Harris, J. B. C., A. Agreda, M. E. Juiña, and B. P. Freymann. 2009. Distribution, plumage, and conservation status of the endemic Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) of western Ecuador. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:227-239. [1]
External links
Male Esmeraldas Woodstar feeding on Kohleria spicata at Ayampe.
Categories:- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Trochilidae
- Birds of Ecuador
- Apodiformes stubs
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