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Revision as of 08:50, 8 October 2007
- Acestrura bombus
Identification
6-7 cm. Tiny hummingbird with typical woodstar plumage pattern. Male has dark bronzy blue-green upperparts and belly. Buffy pectoral-band and postocular line meet. Rosy gorget. Forked tail. Female has similarly coloured upperparts, but underparts are cinnamon, with tawny sides and vent, and rounded tail has black subterminal bar. Immature like female. Both sexes have a straight black bill. Similar spp. Most other male woodstars have white pectoral-band and postocular line.
Distribution
This bird has historically been recorded from central Peru (seven departments from La Libertad and Huánaco in the south), on both slopes of the Andes north through Andean and west-central lowland Ecuador (14 provinces) to south-west Colombia (Nariño), where it was recently discovered and is thought to be seasonal. It was once common, but has declined significantly, and very few have been recorded in recent years, although several were reported recently from northern Peru. During the 1990s, studies have found it to be uncommon in Machalilla National Park, Manabí, Ecuador, and common in the newly established Loma Alta Ecological Reserve (7.5 km2), Guayas, Ecuador. It appears to make seasonal or occasional movements, perhaps in response to continental rainfall patterns or El Niño Southern Oscillation events.
Taxonomy
Habitat
It is found between sea-level and 3,050 m, in humid evergreen forest and, more commonly, in the transitional zone between dry and wet forests.
