Chaetocercus Mulsant
''Chaetocercus'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Chaetocercus'' was introduced in 1855 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the rufous-shafted woodstar as the type species. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words ''khaitē'', meaning "hair" and ''kerkos'', meaning "tail". The genus contains six species: All these species, except for the rufous-shafted woodstar, were formerly placed in the genus ''Acestrura''. In 1999 Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann remarked in the ''Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. ...'' that for the species placed in ''Acestrura'': "...no evidence in external morphology justifies treatment in a genus separate from ''C. jourdanii''". Refer ...
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