Santa Marta Woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans)
About the Santa Marta Woodstar
The Santa Marta woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is endemic to Colombia. The Santa Marta woodstar and several other species in genus Chaetocercus were formerly placed in genus Acestrura. In addition, it was for a time treated as a subspecies of the gorgeted woodstar (C. heliodor). It has been in its current position since the late 20th century. It is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Little WoodstarChaetocercus bombusrecording
- White-bellied WoodstarChaetocercus mulsantrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.