Coeligena
Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.
| Coeligena | |
|---|---|
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| Collared inca (C. torquata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheini |
| Genus: | Coeligena Lesson, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Ornismya coeligena[1] Lesson, 1833 | |
| Species | |
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It contains the following 15 species:[2]
- Bronzy inca (Coeligena coeligena)
- Brown inca (Coeligena wilsoni)
- Black inca (Coeligena prunellei)
- Green inca (Coeligena conradii)
- Collared inca (Coeligena torquata)
- Gould's inca (Coeligena inca)
- White-tailed starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata)
- Dusky starfrontlet (Coeligena orina)
- Blue-throated starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea)
- Golden-bellied starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei)
- Golden-tailed starfrontlet (Coeligena eos)
- Buff-winged starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae)
- Perija starfrontlet (Coeligena consita)
- Violet-throated starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer)
- Rainbow starfrontlet (Coeligena iris)
References
- "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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