This long exposure shot shows the tail pumping that Woodstars use to hover and fly.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/7
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
420 mm
ISO
640
Metering Mode
Spot
Shutter Speed Value
1/40 sec
Date/Time
Wed 16 Feb 2005 02:11:29 AM EST
Image Type
Canon EOS 5D
Orientation
Normal (O deg)
Resolution Unit
Inch
X Resolution
72 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution
72 dots per ResolutionUnit
Compression
Jpeg Compression
Contrast
Normal
Exposure Mode
0
Saturation
Normal
Sharpness
Unknown
Subject Distance
0/100 m
English White-bellied Woodstar
Scientific (Chaetocercus mulsant)
Order APODIFORMES
Family (Latin) Trochilidae
Family (English) Hummingbirds
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions SA
Breeding Range Subregions Colombia to c Bolivia
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Bolivia,Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,Peru,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Monotypic
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Bourcier, 1843)
German Weißbauchelfe
French Colibri de Mulsant
Chinese 白腹林蜂鸟
Japanese シロハラチビハチドリ
Russian Острохвостая лесная звезда
Spanish Colibrí de Mulsant
Portuguese estrelinha-de-barriga-branca
Bird Data App text Large for a tiny woodstar, and found where it is cold, over 2500 m. (but much lower in Peru).
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)