Coeligena
Collared inca (C. torquata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Heliantheini
Genus: Coeligena
Lesson, 1833
Type species
Ornismya coeligena[1]
Lesson, 1833
Species

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Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.

Species

It contains the following 15 species:[2]

Genus Coeligena – Lesson, 1833 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Bronzy inca

Coeligena coeligena
(Lesson, 1833)

Six subspecies
 		Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Brown inca

Coeligena wilsoni
(Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) 		Colombia and Ecuador.
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Black inca

Coeligena prunellei
(Bourcier, 1843) 		Colombia.
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Diet: 		 VU 


Green inca

Coeligena conradii
(Bourcier, 1847) 		Colombia and Venezuela
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Diet: 		 LC 



Collared inca

Coeligena torquata
(Boissonneau, 1840)

Five subspecies
  • C. t. torquata (Boissonneau, 1840) – Colombia, east slope of Andes in Ecuador, and part of Peru.
  • C. t. fulgidigula (Gould, 1854) – West slope in Ecuador.
  • C. t. margaretae Zimmer, J.T., 1948 – Central Amazonas Region of Peru to the Pasco Region of Peru.
  • C. t. insectivora (Tschudi, 1844) – Pasco Region to the Ayacucho Region of Peru.
  • C. t. eisenmanni Weske, 1985 – Within a relatively small area to the northwest of Cusco, Peru.
Colombia and Ecuador to Peru
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Diet: 		 LC 


Gould's inca

Coeligena inca
(Gould, 1852) 		Bolivia and Peru.
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Diet: 		 LC 


White-tailed starfrontlet

Coeligena phalerata
(Bangs, 1898) 		Colombia
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Diet: 		 NT 


Dusky starfrontlet

Coeligena orina
Wetmore, 1953 		Colombia
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Diet: 		 EN 


Blue-throated starfrontlet

Coeligena helianthea
(Lesson, 1839)

Two subspecies
  • C. h. helianthea
  • C. h. tamai
Colombia and Venezuela.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Golden-bellied starfrontlet

Coeligena bonapartei
(Boissonneau, 1840) 		Colombia
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Diet: 		 LC 


Golden-tailed starfrontlet

Coeligena eos
(Gould, 1848) 		Venezuela
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Diet: 		 LC 



Buff-winged starfrontlet

Coeligena lutetiae
(Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)

Two subspecies
  • C. l. lutetiae
  • C. l. albimaculata
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Perija starfrontlet

Coeligena consita
(Wetmore & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952) 		Colombia and Venezuela
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Diet: 		 EN 


Violet-throated starfrontlet

Coeligena violifer
(Gould, 1846)

Four subspecies
  • C. v. dichroura ("Huanuco" starfrontlet) Taczanowski (1874)
  • C. v. albicaudata ("Apurimac" starfrontlet) Schuchmann & Züchner (1998)
  • C. v. osculans ("Cuzco" starfrontlet) Gould (1871)
  • C. v. violifer ("Bolivian" starfrontlet) Gould (1846)
Bolivia and Peru and possibly Ecuador.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Rainbow starfrontlet

Coeligena iris
(Gould, 1853)

Six subspecies
  • C. i. hesperus Gould (1865)
  • C. i. iris Gould (1853)
  • C. i. aurora Gould (1853)
  • C. i. flagrans Zimmer, JT (1951)
  • C. i. eva Salvin (1897)
  • C. i. fulgidiceps Simon (1921)
Ecuador and Peru.
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Diet: 		 LC 


References

  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


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