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


Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea helianthea) Male La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea helianthea) Female La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Male PNN Los Nevados, Colombia
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Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Female PNN Los Nevados, Colombia
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Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) Male Critically Endangered ENDEMIC ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia
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Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) Female Critically 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 (Coeligena phalerata) Near Threatened ENDEMIC ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia
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White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) Female Near Threatened ENDEMIC Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia
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Black Inca (Coeligena prunellei) Male Vulnerable ENDEMIC ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia
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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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Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) Immature Female National Park Sierra Nevada, Tabay, Venezuela The Green Inca, considered a species by HBW, looks like a female Collared Inca, and is found in Venezuela and a small part of Colombia.
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Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
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