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Little Woodstar
Chaetocercus bombus Gould, J 1871
The little woodstar, colibri bourdon, colibrí abejorro, or estrellita chica is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Source: Wikipedia
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Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Genus:
Chaetocercus
Scientific:
Chaetocercus bombus
Classification
Order:Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Genus:
Chaetocercus
Scientific:
Chaetocercus bombus
Original description
Citation:
Gould, J 1871
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
1870, pt.3 p.804
Imprint year:
1870
Protonym:
Chaetocercus bombus
Type locality:
Citado, Ecuador.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90543#page/926/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
E15587CBB535F219
Avibase ID:
avibase-E15587CB
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E15587CB
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693178
NEAR THREATENED
English:
Little Woodstar
Afrikaans:
Kleinwoudster
Bulgarian:
Малко горско колибри
Catalan:
Colibrí borinot
Czech:
kolibřík malinký
Danish:
Brunbrystet Skovstjerne
German:
Hummelelfe
Esperanto:
burda elfkolibro
Spanish:
Colibrí Abejorro
Spanish (Spain):
Colibrí Abejorro
Estonian:
roosakurk-töbikoolibri
Finnish:
pronssitöpökolibri
French:
Colibri bourdon
Croatian:
cimetastoprsi kolibrić
Hungarian:
dongókolibri
Italian:
Silvistella minore
Japanese (romaji):
baranodochibihachidori
Japanese:
バラノドチビハチドリ
Lithuanian:
Mažoji miško žvaigždė
Dutch:
Kleine Boself
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Pygmékolibri
Norwegian:
Pygmékolibri
Polish:
brzęczek trzmieli
Portuguese:
estrelinha-abelhão
Portuguese (Portugal):
colibri-abelhão
Russian:
Шмелевидный эльф
Slovak:
čmeľovec malý
Serbian:
Mala šumska zvezda
Swedish:
brunbröstad skogsjuvel
Turkish:
Küçük ormanyıldızı
Ukrainian:
Колібрі-іскринка малий
Chinese:
小林蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
小林星蜂鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Avilist 2025: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Colibri bourdon ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Colibri bourdon ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Clements 1st edition: Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Clements, version 2021: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2022: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2023: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2024: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2025: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Clements 4th edition: Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2015: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2016: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2017: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2018: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Clements, version 2019: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 1.50: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 1.52: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 1.53: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 1.54: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 1.55: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2015: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2016: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2017: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2018: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2019: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2021: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2022: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2023: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2024: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| eBird version 2025: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Acestrura bombus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Acestrura bombus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Acestrura bombus |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Little Woodstar ( Acestrura bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Little Woodstar ( Chaetocercus bombus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chaetocercus bombus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chaetocercus bombus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Kleinwoudster
Bulgarian: Малко горско колибри
Catalan: Colibrí borinot
Czech: kolibřík malinký, Kolibrík nejmenší
Danish: Brunbrystet Skovstjerne
German: Hummelelfe, Hummel-Elfe
English: Little Woodstar
[ENAV]: Little Woodstar
English, HBW: Little Woodstar
English (IOC): Little Woodstar
English (United States): Little Woodstar
Esperanto: burda elfkolibro
Spanish: Colibrí Abejorro, Coqueta Menuda, Rumbito Chico
Spanish (Colombia): Rumbito Chico
Spanish (Ecuador): Estrellita Chica
Spanish (Spain): Colibrí Abejorro
Spanish (HBW): Little Woodstar
Spanish (Peru): Estrellita Chica
Estonian: roosakurk-töbikoolibri
Finnish: Pronssitöpökolibri
French: Calypte bourdon, Colibri bourdon
French (Guyane): Colibri bourdon
Croatian: cimetastoprsi kolibrić
Hungarian: dongókolibri
Italian: Silvistella minore, Stella dei boschi piccola
Japanese (romaji): baranodochibihachidori, baranodochibiohachidori
Japanese: バラノドチビオハチドリ, バラノドチビハチドリ
Scientific: Acestrura bombus, Chaetocercus bombus
Lithuanian: Mažoji miško žvaigždė
Dutch: Kleine Boself
Norwegian Nynorsk: Pygmékolibri
Norwegian: Pygmékolibri
Polish: brzeczek trzmieli, brzęczek trzmieli
Portuguese: estrelinha-abelhão
Portuguese (Portugal): colibri-abelhão
Russian: Малая лесная звезда, Шмелевидный эльф
Slovak: cmelovec malý, čmeľovec malý
Serbian: Mala šumska zvezda
Swedish: brunbröstad skogsjuvel, Brunbröstad skogsstjärna
Turkish: Küçük ormanyıldızı
Ukrainian: Колібрі-іскринка малий
Chinese: 小林蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 小林星蜂鳥
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