Little Woodstar / Chaetocercus bombus
WBN 
Little Woodstar
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chaetocercus bombus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1870) (1870), Pt3 p.804
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chaetocercus
Taxonomy Code: litwoo5
Type Locality: Citado, Ecuador.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1871
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CHAETOCERCUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Rufous-shafted Woodstar C. jourdainii) Gr. χαιτη khaitē long flowing hair; κερκος kerkos tail; "queue composée de huit plumes à baguettes très-resistantes, relevées de bas en haut ... les deux plumes extérieures de la queue se terminant en pointe très-aiguë et de moitié plus courte que les précédentes" (Bourcier 1839); "349. CHÆTOCERCUS, G. R. Gr. 1853. (Trochilus Jourdani, Bourc.)" (G. Gray 1855); "Chætocercus G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 22. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Trochilus (i.e. Ornismya) jourdanii Bourcier." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 140).
Synon. Acestrura, Osalia, Polymnia, Polyxemus.
bombus
L. bombus humming < Gr. βομβος bombos humming.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
