Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Coeligena (9 species, 11 worldwide)

Genus Coeligena are large hummingbirds with long straight bills, called Incas and Starfrontlets.


Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei bonapartei) Male Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia


Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei bonapartei) Female Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia


Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena) Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia

Perched.


Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea helianthea) Male La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia


Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea helianthea) Female La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia


Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Male PNN Los Nevados, Colombia


Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Female PNN Los Nevados, Colombia


Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) Male Critically Endangered ENDEMIC ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia


Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) Female Critically Endangered ENDEMIC ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia

Although most common at the {paramo} in Urrao, there are various records in the western Andes.


White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) Near Threatened ENDEMIC ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia


White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) Female Near Threatened ENDEMIC Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia


Black Inca (Coeligena prunellei) Male Vulnerable ENDEMIC ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia


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.


Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia

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