Magenta-throated woodstar

Magenta-throated woodstar
Male in Costa Rica
Female
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Philodice
Species:	P. bryantae
Binomial name
Philodice bryantae (Lawrence, 1867)
Range of P. bryantae
Synonyms
Calliphlox bryantae

Male in flight

The magenta-throated woodstar (Philodice bryantae) is a hummingbird that is a resident breeder in forest edge and scrub of the Talamancan montane forests.

The 9 cm (3.5 in) long, 3.5 g (0.12 oz) male magenta-throated woodstar is unmistakable with its magenta throat separated by a white collar from the green chest and flanks. The back is green and the belly is rufous. There are white rump patches, and the black-tipped tail is long and forked.

The female is 3 cm (1.2 in) long and lacks the male's long tail. Her plumage is generally like the male's but her throat is grey-buff instead of magenta, and the tail sides are rufous. Immature birds are like the female, but paler below and with buff fringes to the upperparts plumage.

The male gives a diving display flight alone or in loose groups. His song is a spluttering gurgle, and the call a dry chi or territorial chrrrrt.

These birds usually visit flowers of herbs, trees and scrubs for nectar, cocking their tails as they feed.

Its nest is undescribed.

References[]

• Stiles, F. Gary; Skutch, Alexander F. (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Comstock Publishing Associates. ISBN 0-8014-9600-4.

External links[]

• "Magenta-throated woodstar media". Internet Bird Collection.
• Magenta-throated woodstar photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Magenta-throated woodstar species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)