Amethyst Woodstar

Calliphlox amethystina (Boddaert, 1783)

Amethyst Woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina, is a hummingbird of widespread South American breeding range, occurring across most mainland countries. It was described by Boddaert in 1783. The bird is a small species with a medium-length, straight black bill and dark bronzy green upperparts, and both sexes show a large white mark on each side of the rump. Males in breeding plumage have an iridescent amethyst throat patch with a pale band below it, while females show whitish underparts and a thin white stripe behind the eye. Its tail is deeply forked in the male and shorter in the female.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Breeding range

South America: widespread