Adult han © Jeff Hapeman eBird S142674881 Macaulay Library ML 592800891
Hun © Naseem Reza
Adult han © Jeremiah Trimble
Adult han © Andrés M. Cuervo
Immatur han © Roger Ahlman
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Hun © Devin Griffiths

Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor

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Identification

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Woodstars are tiny hummingbirds that fly like bumblebees. Gorgeted Woodstar is found in the subtropical and temperate zone of the Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador, where it inhabits cloud forest, edges, and second growth. Males are deep emerald-green (more of a bluish tone than other woodstars) with a glittering wine-colored throat and white patches on the sides of the rump. Females are trickier; note the rufous rump and tail with a black band at the base, extremely small size, short tail, and buffy infusion on the throat. On both sexes, bill often appears slightly decurved, more than other woodstars. Sometimes seen singly feeding in the canopy or at lower patches of flowers. Visits feeders.

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