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Chaetocercus Woodstars
Chaetocercus
Chaetocercus is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The name is a combination of the Greek words khaitē, meaning "hair" and kerkos, meaning "tail". The genus contains the following species:
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

White-bellied Woodstar
speciesChaetocercus mulsant

Gorgeted Woodstar
speciesChaetocercus heliodor

Santa Marta Woodstar
speciesChaetocercus astreans

Little Woodstar
speciesChaetocercus bombus

Esmeraldas Woodstar
speciesChaetocercus berlepschi

Rufous-shafted Woodstar
speciesChaetocercus jourdanii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 6175.