Bahama Woodstar

Nesophlox evelynae (Bourcier, 1847)

Spanish: Colibrí de las Bahamas

The Bahama Woodstar (Nesophlox evelynae) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Mellisugini (bees). It weighs about 2.4 g and its bill is 17.7 mm long. It lives in the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.4 g, about 2 paperclips

Bill

17.7 mm

Lives in

Gardens & towns

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Mellisugini bees
4. Genus Nesophlox woodstars

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Bahamas
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• United States

Others in the genus Nesophlox

• Inagua Woodstar Nesophlox lyrura

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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