to feeding on nectar it captures small arthropods by gleaning from foliage, hovering, and by hawking. Breeding The golden-tailed starfrontlet's breeding season appears to be from January to March. It makes a cup nest of moss, lichens, and rootlets lined with softer plant material, and typically attaches it to a vertical branch within vegetation. Nothing else is known about its breeding biology. Vocalization As of early 2023 neither xeno-canto nor the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had any recordings of the golden-tailed starfrontlet's vocalizations. Status The IUCN has assessed the golden-tailed starfrontlet as being of Least Concern. It has a small range and an unknown population size that is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats have been indentified. Its "distribution coincides with areas of new human settlements and areas of interest for minerals exploitation." References golden-tailed starfrontlet golden-tailed starfrontlet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot