Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Short-tailed Woodstar (Myrmia micrura) - HBW 5, p. 674
French: Colibri à queue courte
German: Kurzschwanzelfe
Spanish: Colibrí Colicorto
Taxonomy: Calothorax micrurus Gould, 1854, Peru.
Affinities unclear; based on external morphology, seems to be closest to genus Chaetocercus, and sometimes placed therein. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Ecuador (S from Manabí and I La Plata) to NW Peru (S to La Libertad).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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side view of perched female, poohs, stretches, flies Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 22 October 2012 29 weeks ago 37 sec 4.2 -
side view of female perched, preens and scratches Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 22 October 2012 29 weeks ago 35 sec 4 -
bird perched and later feeding on flowers Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 18 November 2012 12 weeks ago 41 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on the flowers. Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 18 November 2012 14 weeks ago 27 sec 3.5 -
A bird on a branch Locality Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
herve jacob 2 November 2010 2 years ago 5 sec 3.3 -
a bird perched by a pool Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 18 November 2012 13 weeks ago 13 sec 3
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Female perched
Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru
Marc FASOL 11 July 2011 26 weeks ago 4 -
A chick and another egg on a nest
Locality Isla de la Plata, Manabí Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 10 April 2005 3 years ago 3
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