Gorgeted woodstar

Gorgeted woodstar
Female in NE Ecuador
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chaetocercus
Species:
C. heliodor
Binomial name
Chaetocercus heliodor
(Bourcier, 1840)
Synonyms

Acestrura heliodor

The gorgeted woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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