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Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus



Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Authority: Gould, 1871

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat and is reportedly declining within its range. The population is suspected to be small and occurring in localised in small subpopulations. The species is therefore evaluated as Near Threatened.



Population size: 5000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 334,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Chaetocercus bombus. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/little-woodstar-chaetocercus-bombus on 03/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 03/12/2023.