World Species : Chaetocercus berlepschi (Esmeraldas Woodstar)

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Chaetocercus berlepschi (Esmeraldas Woodstar)

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Synonyms: Acestrura berlepschi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Esmeraldas woodstar, colibrí de Berlepsch, colibrí de esmeraldas, or estrellita Esmeraldeña (Chaetocercus berlepschi) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss. Researchers recently found Esmeraldas woodstars at eleven new localities and collected the first female specimens of the species.

View Wikipedia Record: Chaetocercus berlepschi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Chaetocercus berlepschi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 1.50113

EDGE Score: 2.99619

Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet ^[1]	Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates ^[1]	10 %
Diet - Nectar ^[1]	90 %
Forages - Canopy ^[1]	20 %
Forages - Mid-High ^[1]	50 %
Forages - Understory ^[1]	30 %

Clutch Size ^[2]	2

Ecoregions

Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome	Species	Report	Climate	Land Use
Ecuadorian dry forests	Ecuador	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Western Ecuador moist forests	Colombia, Ecuador	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location	Species	Website	Climate	Land Use
Machalilla National Park	II	185475	Manabí, Ecuador

Important Bird Areas

Name	Location	IBA Criteria
Isla de la Plata	Ecuador	A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii
Parque Nacional Machalilla y alrededores	Ecuador	A1, A2, A3
Reserva Ecológica Comunal Loma Alta	Ecuador	A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena	Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru	Yes

Prey / Diet

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Kohleria spicata	^[3]
Muntingia calabura (strawberrytree)	^[3]
Vitex gigantea	^[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing Species	Common Prey Count
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)	1
Ateles geoffroyi (Central American spider monkey)	1
Cebus capucinus (white-faced capuchin)	1
Lycalopex sechurae (Sechuran Fox)	1
Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)	1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ ²del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ ³BirdLife International (2012) Species factsheet: Chaetocercus berlepschi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/09/2012.

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0