Little Woodstar
Chaetocercus bombusGould, J, 1871
English (US) Little Woodstar
The Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) 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: Andes of far southwestern Colombia (Nariño) to northern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetocercus bombus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Little Woodstar
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1871
- Type locality
- Citado, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, pt.3 p.804
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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