Biology:Coeligena

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Short description: Genus of birds


Coeligena
Collared inca (C. torquata)
Scientific classification e
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
  • C. c. ferruginea Chapman (1917)
  • C. c. columbiana Elliot, DG (1876)
  • C. c. coeligena Lesson, R (1833)
  • C. c. zuliana Phelps & Phelps Jr. (1953)
  • C. c. obscura Berlepsch & Stolzmann (1902)
  • C. c. boliviana Gould (1861)
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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Diet: 		 LC 


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". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80. 
  2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. Retrieved 2 January 2020. 

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