Birds of Colombia

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Coeligena (11 species, 15 worldwide)

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


Golden-bellied Starfrontlet
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei) Male ENDEMIC
Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia  
   
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Golden-bellied Starfrontlet
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei) Female ENDEMIC
Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia  
   
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Bronzy Inca
Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena)
OtĂșn Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
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On nest.
Perched.

Green Inca
Green Inca (Coeligena conradii)
National Park Sierra Nevada, Tabay, Venezuela  
   
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Perija Starfrontlet (Coeligena consita) Endangered
   


Split from the Golden-bellied Starfrontlet because of plumage differences. Note buff wing patches like the Buff-winged Starfrontlet, but male has a golden belly.

Blue-throated Starfrontlet
Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea helianthea) Male
La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
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Blue-throated Starfrontlet
Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea helianthea) Female
Chingaza, Colombia  
   
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Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Male
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
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Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Female
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
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Dusky Starfrontlet
Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) Male Endangered ENDEMIC
ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Dusky Starfrontlet
Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) Female Endangered ENDEMIC
ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Although most common at the paramo in Urrao, there are various records in the western Andes.

White-tailed Starfrontlet
White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
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White-tailed Starfrontlet
White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) Female Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia  
   
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Black Inca
Black Inca (Coeligena prunellei) Male Vulnerable ENDEMIC
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia  
   
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Collared Inca
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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Brown Inca
Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
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From side.


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