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Esmeraldas Woodstar
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

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Esmeraldas Woodstar

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Esmeraldas Woodstar

Chaetocercus berlepschi

The Esmeraldas woodstar, colibrí de Berlepsch, colibrí de esmeraldas, or estrellita Esmeraldeña (Chaetocercus berlepschi) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Researchers recently found Esmeraldas woodstars at eleven new localities and collected the first female specimens of the species.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6176.