Little Woodstar

Chaetocercus bombus Gould, 1871

Spanish: Colibrí Abejorro

The Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Mellisugini (bees). It weighs about 2.2 g and its bill is 15.5 mm long. It lives in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near threatened, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.2 g, about 2 paperclips

Bill

15.5 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Near threatened, decreasing

Its place in the family

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

What Chaetocercus share: Among the smallest birds in the world.

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Peru
• Ecuador
• Colombia

Others in the genus Chaetocercus

• White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
• Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
• Santa Marta Woodstar Chaetocercus astreans
• Esmeraldas Woodstar Chaetocercus berlepschi
• Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii

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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