Magenta-throated woodstar

Magenta-throated woodstar
Male in Costa Rica
Female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Calliphlox
Species:	C. bryantae
Binomial name
Calliphlox bryantae (Lawrence, 1867)
Range of C. bryantae

Male in flight

The magenta-throated woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae) is a hummingbird that is a resident breeder in forest edge and scrub in Costa Rica and western Panama.

The 9 cm (3.5 in) long, 3.5 g (0.12 oz) male magenta-throated woodstar is unmistakable with its magenta throat separated by a white collar from the green chest and flanks. The back is green and the belly is rufous. There are white rump patches, and the black-tipped tail is long and forked.

The female is 3 cm (1.2 in) long and lacks the male’s long tail. Her plumage is generally like the male’s but her throat is grey-buff instead of magenta, and the tail sides are rufous. Immature birds are like the female, but paler below and with buff fringes to the upperparts plumage.

The male gives a diving display flight alone or in loose groups. His song is a spluttering gurgle, and the call a dry chi or territorial chrrrrt.

These birds usually visit flowers of herbs, trees and scrubs for nectar, cocking their tails as they feed.

Its nest is undescribed.

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Calliphlox bryantae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

• Stiles, F. Gary; Skutch, Alexander F. (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Comstock Publishing Associates. ISBN 0-8014-9600-4.

External links

• Magenta-throated woodstar videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
• Magenta-throated woodstar photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Magenta-throated woodstar species account at NeotropicalBirds (Cornell University)