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Hummingbirds

Bahama Woodstar

Nesophlox evelynae

• rare
• 50 km/h
• Least Concern

Endemic to the Bahamas. Males flash a rose-purple gorget and dip the tail in a forked flourish.

Population

Not formally quantified by IUCN/BirdLife (no global population figure published); described qualitatively as common and stable across its range, with the 2018 IUCN assessment listing population trend as "stable"

Habitat

Gardens, scrubland, secondary growth, dry lowland forest and forest edges, and pine forests; a year-round resident with minimal migration

Fun fact

Local Bahamians nickname the Bahama Woodstar "hummer" for the humming sound of its wings, and males snap their tail to the side several times mid-display during their shuttle/dive courtship flights.

Range

Endemic to the Lucayan Archipelago (the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, absent from Inagua, whose population was split off in 2021 as the distinct Inagua Woodstar, Nesophlox lyrura); a rare vagrant to Florida, with occasional records as far north as Pennsylvania

Diet

Primarily nectar from flowering plants (e.g. Ernodea serratifolia) and hummingbird feeders; also small insects/arthropods for protein

Size

0.0875 m