Chilean Woodstar

Eulidia yarrellii (Bourcier, 1847)

Spanish: Colibrí de Arica

The Chilean Woodstar (Eulidia yarrellii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Mellisugini (bees). It weighs about 2.5 g and its bill is 14.6 mm long. It is found only in Chile. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically endangered, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.5 g, about 2 paperclips

Bill

14.6 mm

Lives in

Shrubland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Critically endangered, decreasing

Endemic

Found only in Chile

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Chile
• Peru possibly extinct here

Nearest relatives, in the tribe Mellisugini (bees)

• Oasis Hummingbird Rhodopis vesper
• Slender-tailed Woodstar Microstilbon burmeisteri
• Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
• White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
• Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura
• Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
• Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora
• Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
• Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
• Santa Marta Woodstar Chaetocercus astreans

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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