White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
(aka Chaetocercus mulsanti)

Colombian name: Rumbito Buchiblanco
Female White-bellied Woodstar, Rio Blanco, Caldas, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

The White-bellied Woodstar is distributed in the central and eastern Andes of Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru into Bolivia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found at forest edges and farmland at between 1,500 and 2,800 metres.

White-bellied Woodstar, Abra Patricia, Amazonas, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image The male is shining green above with a conspicuous white patch on the flank. The throat is glittering reddish violet with a broad white band across the upper breast extending up behind the eye. Below that there is a green band and a white belly. The female has the white patch on the flank but the throat and upper breast band are whitish, the green breast band is indistinct, the flanks are cinnamon rufous and the centre of the belly is white.
White-bellied Woodstar, Guango Lodge, Napo, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image Photo 4 shows an immature male while photo 5 shows an immature female.They are usually solitary and hover at flowering shrubs and trees.

White-bellied Woodstar, Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image
White-bellied Woodstar, Leymebamba, Amazonas, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image
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