Inagua Woodstar (Nesophlox lyrura) | Photos and ID

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Inagua Woodstar (Nesophlox lyrura), photo 1 — Photo: (c) M.R. Perry, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by M.R. Perry · cc-by

Inagua Woodstar (Nesophlox lyrura), photo 2 — Photo: M.R. Perry · CC BY 4.0

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The Inagua woodstar is 7.8 to 8.2 cm (3.1 to 3.2 in) long and weighs 2.1 to 2.7 g (0.074 to 0.095 oz). Both sexes have a short, slightly decurved, black bill and a small white spot behind the eye. The male's forehead and gorget are glittering reddish purple. Its upperparts are iridescent green, the breast whitish, and the belly mixed rufous and green. The tail is very deeply forked. Its central feathers are green and the others have cinnamon-rufous inner webs. The outermost feathers are lyre-shaped. Voice: As of July 2022, neither the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library nor xeno-canto have recordings of the Inagua woodstar's vocalizations. Its song is described as quiet and simple, "sounding like wet, squeaking shoes". It also makes "chip" calls.

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When to see the Inagua Woodstar

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Where to see the Inagua Woodstar

Regular range

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Bahamas

About the Inagua Woodstar

The Inagua woodstar, also called the lyre-tailed hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is endemic to the two islands of the Inagua district of the Bahamas.

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Easily confused with

Bahama WoodstarNesophlox evelynaeThe Bahama woodstar is a small hummingbird, growing to be only about 8 to 9.5 cm (3.1 to 3.7 in) in length.

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