Birds of Peru

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Genus: Coeligena (6 species, 15 worldwide)

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



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

On nest.
Perched.

Gould's Inca
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. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rainbow Starfrontlet
Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris)
Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Male
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae lutetiae) Female
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Violet-throated Starfrontlet
Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer)
Manu Road, Peru   		   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Violet-throated Starfrontlet
Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) Male
Carpish Tunnel, Peru   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Violet-throated Starfrontlet
Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) Female
Carretera Satipa, Peru   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.
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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