White-bellied woodstar

White-bellied woodstar
Male in NE Ecuador
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chaetocercus
Species: C. mulsant
Binomial name
Chaetocercus mulsant
Bourcier, 1842
Synonyms

Acestrura mulsant (Bourcier, 1842)

The white-bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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