Biology:Esmeraldas woodstar

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Short description: Species of bird

Esmeraldas woodstar
Esmeraldas woodstar.jpg
Male Esmeraldas woodstar feeding on Kohleria spicata at Ayampe.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chaetocercus
Species:
C. berlepschi
Binomial name
Chaetocercus berlepschi
Simon, 1889
Synonyms

Acestrura berlepschi (Simon, 1889)

The Esmeraldas woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Ecuador.[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[3] Researchers recently found Esmeraldas woodstars at eleven new localities and collected the first female specimens of the species.[4]

References

  1. Ridgely, R. S. and P. J. Greenfield. 2001. The birds of Ecuador. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  2. Ágreda, A. E. 2007. Feeding ecology and conservation of Esmeraldas Woodstar Chaetocercus berlepschi in the Chongón-Colonche Hills, western Ecuador. Cotinga 27:38–41.
  3. BirdLife International. 2008. Species factsheet: Chaetocercus berlepschi. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom. www.birdlife.org/datazone/
  4. 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. [1]

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1269742 entry