Coeligena
Collared inca (C. torquata)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Species
see text

Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.

Species[edit]

It contains the following 15 species:^[2]

Genus Coeligena – Lesson, 1833 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Bronzy inca	Coeligena coeligena (Lesson, 1833) Six subspecies C. c. ferruginea Chapman (1917) C. c. columbiana Elliot, DG (1876) C. c. coeligena Lesson, R (1833) C. c. zuliana Phelps & Phelps Jr. (1953) C. c. obscura Berlepsch & Stolzmann (1902) C. c. boliviana Gould (1861)	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Brown inca	Coeligena wilsoni (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)	Colombia and Ecuador.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black inca	Coeligena prunellei (Bourcier, 1843)	Colombia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Green inca	Coeligena conradii (Bourcier, 1847)	Colombia and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Collared inca	Coeligena torquata (Boissonneau, 1840) Five subspecies C. t. torquata (Boissonneau, 1840) – Colombia, east slope of Andes in Ecuador, and part of Peru. C. t. fulgidigula (Gould, 1854) – West slope in Ecuador. C. t. margaretae Zimmer, J.T., 1948 – Central Amazonas Region of Peru to the Pasco Region of Peru. C. t. insectivora (Tschudi, 1844) – Pasco Region to the Ayacucho Region of Peru. C. t. eisenmanni Weske, 1985 – Within a relatively small area to the northwest of Cusco, Peru.	Colombia and Ecuador to Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Gould's inca	Coeligena inca (Gould, 1852)	Bolivia and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-tailed starfrontlet	Coeligena phalerata (Bangs, 1898)	Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Dusky starfrontlet	Coeligena orina Wetmore, 1953	Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Blue-throated starfrontlet	Coeligena helianthea (Lesson, 1839) Two subspecies C. h. helianthea C. h. tamai	Colombia and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Golden-bellied starfrontlet	Coeligena bonapartei (Boissonneau, 1840)	Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Golden-tailed starfrontlet	Coeligena eos (Gould, 1848)	Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Buff-winged starfrontlet	Coeligena lutetiae (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) Two subspecies C. l. lutetiae C. l. albimaculata	Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Perija starfrontlet	Coeligena consita (Wetmore & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952)	Colombia and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Violet-throated starfrontlet	Coeligena violifer (Gould, 1846) Four subspecies C. v. dichroura ("Huanuco" starfrontlet) Taczanowski (1874) C. v. albicaudata ("Apurimac" starfrontlet) Schuchmann & Züchner (1998) C. v. osculans ("Cuzco" starfrontlet) Gould (1871) C. v. violifer ("Bolivian" starfrontlet) Gould (1846)	Bolivia and Peru and possibly Ecuador.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Rainbow starfrontlet	Coeligena iris (Gould, 1853) Six subspecies C. i. hesperus Gould (1865) C. i. iris Gould (1853) C. i. aurora Gould (1853) C. i. flagrans Zimmer, JT (1951) C. i. eva Salvin (1897) C. i. fulgidiceps Simon (1921)	Ecuador and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

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