Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montaneforest. From 1,300 - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) [XC2066]
by David Geale from Choj\u00f1a Khota, first lower camp; near Inquisivi, La Paz, Bolivia (flight call)

Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) [XC604966]
by id from Cresta San Lorenzo, Amazonas, Peru (alarm call, call)

Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with Golden Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei), Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) and Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

dichroura (Taczanowski, 1874) - Southern Ecuador (Loja) and eastern Andes of northern and central Peru; relict population in western Peru (Lima). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Huanuco Starfrontlet (Coeligena dichroura).
albicaudata Schuchmann & Zuchner, 1998 - Apurímac region (southern Peru). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Apurimac Starfrontlet (Coeligena albicaudata).
osculans (Gould, 1871) - Eastern Andes of south-eastern Peru (south-east of Urubamba). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Cuzco Starfrontlet (Coeligena osculans).
violifer (Gould, 1846) - Eastern Andes of north-western Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

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