| 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.
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 |
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