Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri) - HBW 5, p. 668

French: Colibri de Burmeister German: Rotbart-Sternkolibri Spanish: Colibrí de Burmeister
Other common names: Slender-billed Woodstar

Taxonomy: Chætocercus burmeisteri P. L. Sclater, 1887, Valle del Tafí, Tucumán, Argentina.
Genus sometimes merged into an expanded version of Calliphlox; on the basis of morphological characters, however, probably best placed within Chaetocercus, as originally proposed. Monotypic.

Distribution: C & S Bolivia to N Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán). Old record from Yungas of La Paz (NW Bolivia).