Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei) - HBW 5, p. 629
French: Inca de Bonaparte
German: Goldbauch-Andenkolibri
Spanish: Inca Ventridorado
Other common names: Dusky Starfrontlet (orina)
Taxonomy: Ornismia bonarpartei [sic] Boissonneau, 1840, Bogotá, Colombia.
Probably forms superspecies with C. eos, C. helianthea, C. lutetiae and C. violifer; traditionally considered to include C. eos as race, but probably best considered separate species on the basis of plumage characters. Taxon orina, known from single specimen (probably an immature male), is often considered a separate species; however, it may be best considered a race of present species, or it may even represent some melanistic plumage. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- consita Wetmore & Phelps, Jr., 1952 - Sierra de Perijá, along Colombia-Venezuela border.
- bonapartei (Boissonneau, 1840) - E Andes of Colombia (Boyacá S to Bogotá).
- orina Wetmore, 1953 - Páramo de Frontino in Antioquia (NC Colombia).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male showing his colors Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 32 weeks ago 33 sec 4.7 -
rear view on low perch, turns, calling at another Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp orina)
Martin Kennewell 26 May 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 59 sec 4.5 -
front view of male on low stem, alert Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp orina)
Martin Kennewell 26 May 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 48 sec 4.5 -
female sunning and scratching, calls as she flies off Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp orina)
Martin Kennewell 26 May 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 51 sec 4.5 -
A male. Feeders in the forest/paramo ecotone. Locality Páramo Frontino Reserve, Urrao, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp orina)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 January 2010 3 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
A female. firstly feeding then perching on a wire, then joined by the male Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp Dusky starfrontlet (Coeligena orina)
Cedric Prys-Roberts 18 February 2012 1 year ago 41 sec 4.3
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Male perched by a feeder,waiting for his turn..
Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia
Dubi Shapiro 5 July 2012 11 weeks ago 4.5 -
Male perched on a snag
Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia
Dubi Shapiro 5 July 2012 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
female on a branch
Locality Subachoque, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 11 March 2011 2 years ago 3.8 -
male perching
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp bonapartei)
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 29 August 2012 36 weeks ago 3.7 -
Male at feeders on Paramo
Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia
nvoaden 1 January 2010 51 weeks ago 3.7 -
close-up of male at feeder
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 29 August 2012 36 weeks ago 3.6
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