Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | colibrí cuacurt |
Czech | kalypta krátkoocasá |
Dutch | Kortstaartboself |
English | Short-tailed Woodstar |
English (United States) | Short-tailed Woodstar |
French | Colibri à queue courte |
French (France) | Colibri à queue courte |
German | Kurzschwanzelfe |
Japanese | チビオハチドリ |
Norwegian | stumpstjertkolibri |
Polish | lilipucik |
Russian | Короткохвостый эльф |
Slovak | čmeľovec krátkochvostý |
Spanish | Colibrí Colicorto |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Estrellita Colicorta |
Spanish (Peru) | Estrellita de Cola Corta |
Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí colicorto |
Swedish | kortstjärtad skogsjuvel |
Turkish | Kısa Kuyruklu Ormanyıldızı |
Ukrainian | Колібрі куцохвостий |
Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura
Thomas S. Schulenberg and Carolyn W. Sedgwick
Version: 1.0 — Published December 12, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published December 12, 2014
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Short-tailed Woodstar is primarily nectarivorous, but the diet of this species is not well documented; it has been reported feeding on flowers of Malvaceae shrubs, cacti, Fabaceae and Caesalpiniaceae (Leguminosae) (Schuchmann 1999).
Short-tailed Woodstar also consumes small arthropods, as do most if not all species of hummingbirds (Remsen et al. 1986).