Santa Marta Woodstar / Chaetocercus astreans
WBN 
Santa Marta Woodstar
SCI Name:
Protonym: Acestrura astreans Proc.NewEngl.Zool.Cl. 1 p.76
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chaetocercus
Taxonomy Code: samwoo2
Type Locality: San Sebastian, 6600 feet, Santa Marta Mts., Colombia.
Author: Bangs
Publish Year: 1899
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHAETOCERCUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Rufous-shafted Woodstar C. jourdainii) Gr. χαιτη khaitē long flowing hair; κερκος kerkos tail; "queue composée de huit plumes à baguettes très-resistantes, relevées de bas en haut ... les deux plumes extérieures de la queue se terminant en pointe très-aiguë et de moitié plus courte que les précédentes" (Bourcier 1839); "349. CHÆTOCERCUS, G. R. Gr. 1853. (Trochilus Jourdani, Bourc.)" (G. Gray 1855); "Chætocercus G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 22. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Trochilus (i.e. Ornismya) jourdanii Bourcier." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 140).
Synon. Acestrura, Osalia, Polymnia, Polyxemus.
astreans
L. astreans, astreantis gleaming like a star < astrum, astri star < Gr. αστρον astron star.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
