Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Golden Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos) - HBW 5, p. 628

French: Inca doré German: Goldandenkolibri Spanish: Inca Alirrufo

Taxonomy: Helianthea Eos Gould, 1848, higher altitudes of the Sierra de Mérida, Venezuela.
Probably forms a superspecies with C. bonapartei, C. helianthea, C. lutetiae and C. violifer; traditionally considered a race of C. bonapartei, but probably best considered a separate species on the basis of plumage characters. Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes of W Venezuela, in Trujillo, Barinas, Mérida and Táchira.