Gorgeted Woodstar
Chaetocercus heliodor(Bourcier, J, 1840)
English (US) Gorgeted Woodstar
The Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor) 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.
- Scientific name
- Chaetocercus heliodor
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gorgeted Woodstar
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chaetocercus heliodor heliodor
- Chaetocercus heliodor cleavesi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya heliodor
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1840)
- Type locality
- Santa-Fé de Bogota.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 3 p.275
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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