Birds of the World - Chaetocercus


Santa Marta Woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans) Female Range: SA: ne Colombia ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) Female Vulnerable Range: SA: w Ecuador Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador
Photograph by Graham Montgomery © All Rights Reserved.

An endangered Ecuadorian endemic species reliable at certain times of the year at a couple of sites in Manabí, including Ayampe and the Esmeralda Reserve, but not present (and whereabouts unknown) May to November (Athanas).


Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) Male Near Threatened Range: SA: sw Colombia to nc Peru Yerbabuena, Peru
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) Female Near Threatened Range: SA: sw Colombia to nc Peru Peru
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.

On male and female note buff, not white, stripe around neck, and small size.


Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor heliodor) Male Range: SA: Venezuela to w Ecuador La Vega, Cundinamarca, Colombia Note small size and flares at lower corners of gorget on male.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor heliodor) Female Range: SA: Venezuela to w Ecuador Huila, Colombia Note buff throat and breast compared to female White-bellied Woodstar.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A very small and uncommon woodstar with a short bill. Found from 1000-3000 m. (ProAves).
Male in flight.
Female from back.
Immature male.


Rufous-shafted Woodstar (Chaetocercus jourdanii) Male Range: SA: n Venezuela and n Colombia La Azulita, Venezuela
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-shafted Woodstar (Chaetocercus jourdanii) Female Range: SA: n Venezuela and n Colombia La Azulita, Venezuela
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) Male Range: SA: Colombia to c Bolivia Guango Lodge, Ecuador White belly and altitude distinctive.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) Female Range: SA: Colombia to c Bolivia ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia Note white in throat and belly on female.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Large for a tiny woodstar, and found where it is cold, over 2500 m. (but much lower in Peru).
A bad photo that shows how woodstars lift their tail up and down to hover.
Good female flight shot.