Amethyst woodstar

Calliphlox amethystina

The amethyst woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in most of central, and eastern South America proper, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname-, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
Female Amethyst Woodstar Hummingbirds are hard to photograph and I am still learning, but I saw this one in dark forest and frankly I wasn't expecting much, but I tried anyway and I think it came out fairly well, given the circumstances. This was in the forested part of Serra da Canastra national park in South-east Brazil. Amethyst woodstar,Brazil,Geotagged,Hummingbird,Serra da Canastra,Spring,amethystina

Distribution

The bird's range surrounds the Amazon countries into the Andes foothills and higher elevations of upstream river systems, but is not along the Amazon River proper in the central Amazon Basin, or the central upper Basin; it is in Brazil at the river's outlet, and upstream for about 500 km.
Amethyst woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina) Waqanki Lodge, Amazonas, Peru. Oct 13, 2022 Amethyst woodstar,Calliphlox amethystina,Geotagged,Peru,Spring

Habitat

The amethyst woodstar's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. At 7.5 cm and under 3 grams in weight, this is one of the smallest birds in existence.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae
GenusCalliphlox
SpeciesC. amethystina
Photographed in
Brazil
Peru