Coeligena

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Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Clade:Strisores
Order:Apodiformes
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Coeligena
Collared inca (C. torquata)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Heliantheini
Genus: Coeligena
Lesson, 1833
Type species
Ornismya coeligena[1]
Lesson, 1833
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Taxonomy

The genus Coeligena was introduced in 1833 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the type species by tautonymy as Ornismya coelinga Lesson, the bronzy inca.[2][3] The genus name is from Latin coeligenus meaning "heaven-born" or "celestial".[4]

Species

The genus contains the following 15 species:[5]

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ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Bronzy incaCoeligena coeligenanorth Venezuela to southeast Bolivia
Brown incaCoeligena wilsoniwest Colombia to west Ecuador
Black incaCoeligena prunelleinorth-central Colombia
Green incaCoeligena conradiinortheast Colombia and northwest Venezuela (Trujillo to north Táchira)
Collared incaCoeligena torquatanorthwest Venezuela and Colombia to south Peru
Gould's incaCoeligena incasoutheast Peru to Bolivia
Violet-throated starfrontletCoeligena violifernorth Peru to northwest Bolivia
Rainbow starfrontletCoeligena irisEcuador and Peru
White-tailed starfrontletCoeligena phaleratanortheast Colombia
Dusky starfrontletCoeligena orinanorth-central Colombia
Buff-winged starfrontletCoeligena lutetiaeColombia to Peru
Perija starfrontletCoeligena consitaPerijá Mountains (Colombia-Venezuela border)
Golden-bellied starfrontletCoeligena bonaparteieast Colombia
Golden-tailed starfrontletCoeligena eoswest Venezuela
Blue-throated starfrontletCoeligena heliantheanortheast Colombia and west Venezuela
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