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Chaetocercus berlepschi

Chaetocercus berlepschi (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Trochiliformes
Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Trochilinae
Genus: Chaetocercus
Species: Chaetocercus berlepschi

Name

Chaetocercus berlepschi (Simon, 1889)

Synonym

Acestrura berlepschi

References

Mem.Soc.Zool.France 2 p.230

Vernacular names
English: Esmeraldas Woodstar
Français: Colibri de Berlepsch

The Esmeraldas Woodstar, Colibri De Berlepsch, ColibrÍ De Esmeraldas, or Estrellita EsmeraldeÑA (Chaetocercus berlepschi) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Ecuador[1]. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests[2]. It is threatened by habitat loss[3]. Researchers recently found Esmeraldas Woodstars at eleven new localities and collected the first female specimens of the species[4].

References

* BirdLife International 2004. Chaetocercus berlepschi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.

1. ^ Ridgely, R. S. and P. J. Greenfield. 2001. The birds of Ecuador. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA.
2. ^ Ágreda, A. E. 2007. Feeding ecology and conservation of Esmeraldas Woodstar Chaetocercus berlepschi in the Chongón-Colonche Hills, western Ecuador. Cotinga 27:38–41.
3. ^ BirdLife International. 2008. Species factsheet: Chaetocercus berlepschi. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom. www.birdlife.org/datazone/
4. ^ Harris, J. B. C., A. Agreda, M. E. Juiña, and B. P. Freymann. 2009. Distribution, plumage, and conservation status of the endemic Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) of western Ecuador. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:227-239. [1]

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