Hummingbirds

Amethyst Woodstar

Calliphlox amethystina

The Amethyst Woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina) is a 2.8 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

2.8 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

Recorded in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Guyana, GF, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); PE Intervales (Brazil); Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Rio Cristalino · listas históricas (Brazil); Roche Corail (French Guiana).

Photo: Renato Augusto Martins, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons