Glittering Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
14.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wetmore, 1953

Habitat
Elfin forest-timberline-p�ramo habitats and adjacent tall humid forest. From 3,150 - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B).

P�ramo de Frontino in Antioquia (north-central Colombia).

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Habitat destruction and degradation is the main threat. The future expansion of mining remains a serious potential threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) [XC273489]
by A Edwar H Guar\u00edn from RNA El Colibr\u00ed del Sol, P\u00e1ramo de Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia (call)

Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) [XC690924]
by id from Ventanas, Jard\u00edn, Antioquia, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Glittering Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) - 10 files

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