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Short-tailed Woodstar
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Short-tailed Woodstar
Myrmia micrura
The short-tailed woodstar (Myrmia micrura) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland where it is the only hummingbird of the woodstar variety. It usually feeds close to the ground and often is attracted to flowers planted around houses.
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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 6480.