Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor) - HBW 5, p. 677
French: Colibri héliodore
German: Prachtkehlelfe
Spanish: Colibrí Heliodoro
Taxonomy: Ornismya heliodor Bourcier, 1840, Bogotá.
Usually placed in genus Acestrura, along with C. mulsant, C. bombus, C. astreans and C. berlepschi, but no evidence in external morphology justifies treatment in a genus separate from C. jourdanii. Forms a superspecies with C. astreans. “Calothorax decoratus” is probably a hybrid of present species and C. mulsant. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- heliodor (Bourcier, 1840) - Andes of Venezuela (Mérida), Colombia and W Ecuador.
- cleavesi R. T. Moore, 1934 - Andes of NE Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male nectaring on feeder. Locality Ecuador (ssp cleavesi)
Conan Guard 11 January 2008 4 years ago 43 sec 3.7 -
An immature male perched on a branch Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp cleavesi)
Steve Blain 10 May 2005 7 years ago 32 sec 3.5
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Feeding at verdana flowers
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 31 October 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
Male in flight
Locality San Francisco de Sales, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 17 May 2010 3 years ago 3.7 -
Female Gorgeted Woodstar, perched - frontal/lateral view showing flank coloring
Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Napo Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 27 April 2009 4 years ago 3.3 -
dorsal view of a female on a wire
Locality San Francisco de Sales, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 17 May 2010 3 years ago 3 -
Perched close to front balcony of Casa Upano
Locality Macas, Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador
Galo Real 30 June 2011 1 year ago 2.9
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