Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri)

Slender-tailed Woodstar, a reference photo — Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

The slender-tailed woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Microstilbon. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Slender-tailed Woodstar being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Tilmatura dupontii
Chaetocercus mulsant
Chaetocercus heliodor
Calliphlox amethystina
Doricha enicura

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Microstilbon
Species: Microstilbon burmeisteri

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