Chaetocercus jourdanii
In 3 days <5%
The rufous-shafted woodstar (Chaetocercus jourdanii) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. The rufous-shafted woodstar was formally described in 1839 by the French ornithologist Jules Bourcier based on specimens collected in Trinidad. Bourcier placed the new species in the genus Ornismya and coined the binomial name Ornismya jourdanii. The species is now placed in the genus Chaetocercus that was introduced in 1855 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the rufous-shafted woodstar as the type species. The genus name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words khaitē, meaning "hair" and kerkos, meaning "tail". The specific epithet was chosen by Bourcier to honour the French zoologist Claude Jourdan.
Three subspecies are recognised: Both... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-shafted Woodstar sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 261st most-seen of the 295 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-shafted Woodstar in Caracas on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Caracas, in our data
Caracas is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-shafted Woodstar sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Rufous-shafted Woodstar that you can see in Caracas (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Copper-rumped Hummingbird (about 50%), Glittering-throated Emerald (about 10%) and Black-throated Mango (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-shafted Woodstar is recorded against all the birds logged in Caracas (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
