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title: "White-bellied Woodstar"
description: "Chaetocercus mulsant — Birds. The white-bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the \"bee hummingbirds\"."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-bellied-woodstar
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-bellied Woodstar

> Chaetocercus mulsant — Birds. The white-bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds".

- Scientific name: *Chaetocercus mulsant*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2527
- Wikidata: [Q1265206](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1265206)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6181](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6181)

## Names

- en: White-bellied Woodstar
- de: Weißbauchelfe
- es: Colibrí de Mulsant
- fr: Colibri de Mulsant
- nl: Chaetocercus mulsanti
- pl: Brzęczek białobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (865), EC (700), PE (224), BO (18)

## Summary

The white-bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-bellied_woodstar

## Photo

![White-bellied Woodstar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-bellied-woodstar/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel van der Post · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10761050

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-bellied-woodstar?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).