Gorgeted Woodstar

Gorgeted Woodstar
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Chaetocercus
Species:	C. heliodor
Binomial name
Chaetocercus heliodor Bourcier, 1840
Synonyms
Acestrura heliodor (Bourcier, 1840)

The Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela, also locality populations in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. This species favors forested areas highly but can be seen at flowering trees in gardens and in semi-open. The tail is frequently wagged while feeding.

This tiny bird is 7 cm (2.7 in) in total length, making it close to the smallest bird in South America. The Gorgeted Woodstar is dark shining green above with a short white postocular stripe and white patch on the sides of the lower back extending to the lower flanks. The male's gorget is glittering pinkish violet and has elongated, pointed sides that hang around the throat. The white pectoral collar is less eviden than in other woodstars. The breast is grayish and the belly is blue-green. The tail is forked and fairly short, with a spiky, narrow appearance. The female is similar overall but lacks the gorget and brighter coloration. There is limited overlap in the wild with the Little Woodstar but the female of that species is superficially indistinguishable from this one.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Chaetocercus heliodor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
• "The Birds of Ecuador" by Robert S. Ridgely & Paul Greenfield. Cornell University Press (2001), ISBN 978-0801487224.

External links

• Gorgeted Woodstar videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Photo(called "Gorgetted"); Article sunbirdtours
• Gorgeted Woodstar photo gallery VIREO

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