Amethyst Woodstar
Calliphlox amethystina (Boddaert, 1783)
Spanish: Colibrí Amatista
The Amethyst Woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Mellisugini (bees). It weighs about 2.8 g and its bill is 19.3 mm long. It lives in 11 countries, including Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 2.8 g, about 3 paperclips
- Bill
- 19.3 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Mellisugini bees
- Genus Calliphlox woodstars
Where it lives · 12 countries
- Brazil
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Ecuador
- Colombia
- Bolivia
- Guyana
- French Guiana
- Suriname
- Paraguay
- Argentina
- Trinidad and Tobago rare visitor
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Mellisugini (bees)
- Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Tilmatura dupontii
- Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora
- Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura
- Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
- Oasis Hummingbird Rhodopis vesper
- Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii
- Slender-tailed Woodstar Microstilbon burmeisteri
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
- Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.
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