Gorgeted Woodstar
Common name: Gorgeted Woodstar
Scientific name: Chaetocercus heliodor
Clades: Mellisugini - Bees
Female was only photographed
The Gorgeted woodstar is 5.8 to 6.4 cm (2.3 to 2.5 in) long.
Small hummingbirds of the woodstar species fly like bumblebees. The Gorgeted Woodstar lives in cloud forests, edges, and second growth in the subtropical and temperate zone of the Andes, from Venezuela to Ecuador. A male woodstar's body is deep emerald green (more bluish than other woodstars) with a glittery wine-colored throat and white patches on the sides of the rump. Note that females have rufous rumps and tails, short tails, and buffy infusions on their throats. It is common for both sexes to have slightly decurved bills. They are sometimes observed feeding alone in the canopy or near lower patches of flowers. A frequent visitor to feeders.
2 subspecies:
