''Coeligena'' is a genus of
South American
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
hummingbirds.
It contains the following 15 species:
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Bronzy inca (''Coeligena coeligena'')
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Brown inca (''Coeligena wilsoni'')
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Black inca (''Coeligena prunellei'')
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Green inca (''Coeligena conradii'')
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Collared inca (''Coeligena torquata'')
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Gould's inca (''Coeligena inca'')
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White-tailed starfrontlet (''Coeligena phalerata'')
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Dusky starfrontlet (''Coeligena orina'')
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Blue-throated starfrontlet (''Coeligena helianthea'')
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Golden-bellied starfrontlet
The golden-bellied starfrontlet (''Coeligena bonapartei'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Colombia.HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of th ...
(''Coeligena bonapartei'')
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Golden-tailed starfrontlet (''Coeligena eos'')
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Buff-winged starfrontlet (''Coeligena lutetiae'')
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Perija starfrontlet (''Coeligena consita'')
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Violet-throated starfrontlet (''Coeligena violifer'')
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Rainbow starfrontlet (''Coeligena iris'')
References
Bird genera
Taxa named by René Lesson
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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