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 family Trochilidae. 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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