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Chaetocercus berlepschi (Esmeraldas Woodstar)

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) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 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   Website   Climate   Land Use 
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

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

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon 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