Esmeraldas woodstar

Esmeraldas woodstar
Male Esmeraldas woodstar feeding on Kohleria spicata at Ayampe.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chaetocercus
Species: C. berlepschi
Binomial name
Chaetocercus berlepschi
Simon, 1889
Synonyms

Acestrura berlepschi (Simon, 1889)

The Esmeraldas woodstar, colibrí 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.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.[4] Researchers recently found Esmeraldas woodstars at eleven new localities and collected the first female specimens of the species.[5]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Chaetocercus berlepschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Ridgely, R. S. and P. J. Greenfield. 2001. The birds of Ecuador. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  3. Ágreda, A. E. 2007. Feeding ecology and conservation of Esmeraldas Woodstar Chaetocercus berlepschi in the Chongón-Colonche Hills, western Ecuador. Cotinga 27:38–41.
  4. BirdLife International. 2008. Species factsheet: Chaetocercus berlepschi. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom. www.birdlife.org/datazone/
  5. 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.

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