Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) - HBW 5, p. 629
French: Inca porphyre
German: Rosenbauch-Andenkolibri
Spanish: Inca Ventrivioleta
Taxonomy: Ornismya helianthea Lesson, 1838, Bogotá, Colombia.
Probably forms superspecies with C. eos, C. bonapartei, C. lutetiae and C. violifer. Race tamai sometimes misspelt “tamae”. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- helianthea (Lesson, 1838) - N & E Andes of Colombia (Sierra de Perijá to Bogotá).
- tamai Berlioz & Phelps, 1953 - Páramo de Tamá in Táchira (W Venezuela).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male on a branch
Locality La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 30 August 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Male showing his colors
Locality La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 27 September 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Male on a branch.
Locality La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 29 September 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A male on a branch.
Locality La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 27 September 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A female feeding on a flower
Locality Chingaza National Park, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Martin Reid 28 August 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
A female feeding.
Locality La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 20 September 2008 3 years ago 2
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