Birds of Bolivia - Coeligena


Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena) Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

On nest.
Perched.


Gould's Inca (Coeligena inca omissa) Wayqecha, Peru Gould's Inca, a race of Collared Inca found in Peru and Bolivia, and sometimes considered a species.
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Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata torquata) Male Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia Male is more black than green, and female more green than black.
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Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) Manu Road, Peru
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Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) Male Carpish Tunnel, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer violifer) Male Corani, Bolivia Bolivian subspecies.
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Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) Female Carretera Satipa, Peru
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Found from south Ecuador to Bolivia, and split into four species by HBW because of color differences. The males of the four subspecies vary in amount of buff coloration, and blue or green foreheads.

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