Gorgeted Woodstar

Chaetocercus heliodor (Bourcier, 1840)

Gorgeted Woodstar, Chaetocercus heliodor, is a hummingbird found in Venezuela, Colombia and western Ecuador. It belongs to the family Trochilidae and was described by Bourcier in 1840. In South America it occurs in the Andes from Mérida state south through Colombia into western Ecuador, with a separate population in northeastern Ecuador. It uses semi-open to open country, including forest edges, coffee plantations and places with scattered trees and shrubs, and it also reaches the lower páramo.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Breeding range

South America: Venezuela to w Ecuador