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'''Females''' show a duller green crown and back with a white breast sporting a rufous "vest", along with a slightly de-curved bill and rounded tail.<br /> | '''Females''' show a duller green crown and back with a white breast sporting a rufous "vest", along with a slightly de-curved bill and rounded tail.<br /> | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
The Bahama Woodstar is found throughout the [[Bahamas]] with no apparent seasonal movement. It is the only Hummingbird found regularly in the [[Turks and Caicos]] Islands where it is locally known as the "God Bird". | The Bahama Woodstar is found throughout the [[Bahamas]] with no apparent seasonal movement. It is the only Hummingbird found regularly in the [[Turks and Caicos]] Islands where it is locally known as the "God Bird". | ||
Revision as of 21:52, 22 May 2013
- Calliphlox evelynae
Identification
Size - 3.5" - 3.75"
Bill length: male: 15-17mm - female: 15-18mm
Tail length: male: 23-29mm - female: 23-27mm
Males sport a shimmering purple to violet gorget, a rufous "vest" on the breast, green crown and back along with a deeply forked rufous tail edged in black.
Females show a duller green crown and back with a white breast sporting a rufous "vest", along with a slightly de-curved bill and rounded tail.
Young males resemble females but have the deeply forked tail and a few purple gorget feathers.
Distribution
The Bahama Woodstar is found throughout the Bahamas with no apparent seasonal movement. It is the only Hummingbird found regularly in the Turks and Caicos Islands where it is locally known as the "God Bird".
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized:
Subspecies[1]
- C. e. evelynae:
- C. e. lyrura:
- Great Inagua Island (Bahamas)
Habitat
It utilizes a habitat consisting of gardens, scrub, woodlands, forest edges and mixed pine forest.
Behaviour
Diet
It takes nectar at a wide variety of flowers, including many common subtropical plants such as lantana, porterweed, pentas and century plant.
Breeding
Males perform a bouncing shuttle display with tail and gorget extended, accelerating toward the end followed by a rush toward the female before darting away. The nest is a cup of soft plant down and spider silk, camouflaged with bits of bark and other plant parts. Nesting year round in the Bahamas.
Vocalisation
Call consists of a sharp "tit"or "tit-it", often given in rapid series when excited.
Song is a repeated dry "pri'titidee".
The wings and tail make a "rustling" sound during the male's shuttle flight.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Hummingbirds of North America, Sheri Wiliamson
- The Birds of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Richard Ground
- Birds of the West Indies, Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith, Janis Raffaele
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bahama Woodstar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bahama_Woodstar
