Coeligena
Appearance
Coeligena | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Collared inca (C. torquata) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: | Coeligena Lesson, 1833 |
Type species | |
Ornismya coeligena[1] Lesson, 1833
| |
Species | |
see text |
Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.
Species
[edit]It contains the following 15 species:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronzy inca | Coeligena coeligena (Lesson, 1833) Six subspecies
|
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Brown inca | Coeligena wilsoni (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) |
Colombia and Ecuador.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Black inca | Coeligena prunellei (Bourcier, 1843) |
Colombia.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
|
Green inca | Coeligena conradii (Bourcier, 1847) |
Colombia and Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Collared inca | Coeligena torquata (Boissonneau, 1840) Five subspecies
|
Colombia and Ecuador to Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Gould's inca | Coeligena inca (Gould, 1852) |
Bolivia and Peru.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
White-tailed starfrontlet | Coeligena phalerata (Bangs, 1898) |
Colombia![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
|
Dusky starfrontlet | Coeligena orina Wetmore, 1953 |
Colombia![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
EN
|
Blue-throated starfrontlet | Coeligena helianthea (Lesson, 1839) Two subspecies
|
Colombia and Venezuela.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Golden-bellied starfrontlet | Coeligena bonapartei (Boissonneau, 1840) |
Colombia![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Golden-tailed starfrontlet | Coeligena eos (Gould, 1848) |
Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Buff-winged starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) Two subspecies
|
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Perija starfrontlet | Coeligena consita (Wetmore & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952) |
Colombia and Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
EN
|
Violet-throated starfrontlet | Coeligena violifer (Gould, 1846) Four subspecies
|
Bolivia and Peru and possibly Ecuador.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Rainbow starfrontlet | Coeligena iris (Gould, 1853) Six subspecies
|
Ecuador and Peru.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
References
[edit]- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.