Santa Marta Woodstar
Chaetocercus astreans(Bangs, O, 1899)
English (US) Santa Marta Woodstar
The Santa Marta Woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetocercus astreans
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Santa Marta Woodstar
- Described by
- (Bangs, O, 1899)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Acestrura astreans
- Described by
- (Bangs, O, 1899)
- Type locality
- San Sebastian, 6600 feet, Santa Marta Mts., Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 1 p.76
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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