Hummingbirds

Purple-throated Woodstar

Calliphlox mitchellii

The Purple-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) is a 3.1 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

3.1 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist