Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) - HBW 5, p. 629
French: Inca à gemme bleue
German: Fahlflügel-Andenkolibri
Spanish: Inca Alihabano
Other common names: Compte de Pario/Conte de Paris’ Starfrontlet
Taxonomy: Trochilus Lutetiæ DeLattre and Bourcier, 1846, Puracé Volcano, near Popayán, Colombia.
Probably forms superspecies with C. eos, C. bonapartei, C. helianthea and C. violifer. “C. traviesi” is most likely a hybrid between present species and C. torquata. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Andes of Colombia through Ecuador to extreme N Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Females at hummingbird feeders Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 15 August 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A female at a feeder and resting briefly on a branch Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2005 8 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
A male perched on a branch, flying away and returning to the perch Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 10 November 2009 3 years ago 19 sec 4.3 -
Two males fighting in a bush Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2005 8 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A male and several females feeding at a feeder Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 15 August 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A male sharing a feeder with a Tyrian Metaltail Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 15 August 2006 5 years ago 20 sec 4.1
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A female perching on the branch
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 29 August 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A male perching on a branch
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 27 September 2009 3 years ago 3.3 -
Female perched on a branch.
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 7 July 2012 45 weeks ago 3.2 -
Dorsal view of bird feeding.
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 20 December 2009 2 years ago 3.2 -
A ind eating on flowers close to the road
Locality Los Nevados National Park, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 1 March 2012 42 weeks ago 3 -
Buff-winged Starfront female, at hummingbird feeder, Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 5 September 2008 4 years ago 2.5
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Call, wings beat Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 28 August 2009 3 years ago 2
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