Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) - HBW 5, p. 677
French: Colibri bourdon
German: Hummelelfe
Spanish: Colibrí Abejorro
Taxonomy: Chætocercus bombus Gould, 1871, Citado, Ecuador.
Usually placed in genus Acestrura, along with C. mulsant, C. heliodor, C. astreans and C. berlepschi, but no evidence in external morphology justifies treatment in a genus separate from C. jourdanii. Monotypic.
Distribution: Andes of extreme SW Colombia (S Nariño) and W Ecuador to N Peru; also locally in E Ecuador and NC Peru (Huánuco).
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A female at the feeders. Locality Huembo Interpretation Centre, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 24 November 2012 11 weeks ago 34 sec 4 -
female bird Locality Huembo Interpretation Centre, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 November 2012 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 24 sec 3.8 -
on the feeders Locality Huembo Interpretation Centre, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 November 2012 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 5 sec 3.8 -
A dorsal view from a bird on a branch. Locality Huembo Interpretation Centre, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 24 November 2012 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 1 min 1 sec 3.7 -
immature (male/female?) coming to the feeder Locality Huembo Interpretation Centre, Amazonas Department, Peru
Wim ten Have 24 October 2012 8 weeks ago 17 sec 3.7
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Female resting on branch.
Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
PhilChaon 15 December 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Female resting on branch
Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
PhilChaon 16 December 2008 3 years ago 3.3
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