Amethyst woodstar
| Amethyst woodstar | |
|---|---|
| male (above) and female (below) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Calliphlox F. Boie, 1831 |
| Species: | C. amethystina |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliphlox amethystina (Boddaert, 1783) | |
| Range | |
The amethyst woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay and has been recorded as a vagrant on Trinidad.