''Coeligena'' is a genus of
South American hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics aro ...
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It contains the following 15 species:
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Bronzy inca
The bronzy inca (''Coeligena coeligena'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handboo ...
(''Coeligena coeligena'')
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Brown inca
The brown inca (''Coeligena wilsoni'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World an ...
(''Coeligena wilsoni'')
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Black inca
The black inca (''Coeligena prunellei'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Colombia.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdL ...
(''Coeligena prunellei'')
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Green inca (''Coeligena conradii'')
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Collared inca
The collared inca (''Coeligena torquata'') is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. It is very distinctive in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail. Like ot ...
(''Coeligena torquata'')
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Gould's inca
Gould's inca (''Coeligena inca'') is a species of hummingbird in subfamily Lesbiinae, the so-called "typical hummingbirds", of family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
The International Ornithological C ...
(''Coeligena inca'')
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White-tailed starfrontlet
The white-tailed starfrontlet (''Coeligena phalerata'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northeastern Colombia.HBW and BirdLife Int ...
(''Coeligena phalerata'')
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Dusky starfrontlet
The dusky starfrontlet (''Coeligena orina''), also known as glittering starfrontlet, is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to a few small areas in western Colombi ...
(''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
The golden-tailed starfrontlet (''Coeligena eos'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Venezuela. It is also called the Merida starfrontlet and golden starfrontlet.HBW and ...
(''Coeligena eos'')
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Buff-winged starfrontlet
The buff-winged starfrontlet (''Coeligena lutetiae'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the ...
(''Coeligena lutetiae'')
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Perija starfrontlet (''Coeligena consita'')
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Violet-throated starfrontlet
The violet-throated starfrontlet (''Coeligena violifer'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru and possibly Ecuador.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''H ...
(''Coeligena violifer'')
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Rainbow starfrontlet
The rainbow starfrontlet (''Coeligena iris'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World ...
(''Coeligena iris'')
References
Bird genera
Taxa named by René Lesson
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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