Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds. Species in the genus are commonly called incas or starfrontlets.
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. The genus name is from Latin coeligenus meaning "heaven-born" or "celestial".
Species
The genus contains the following 15 species:
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Common name
Scientific name
Distribution
Bronzy inca
Coeligena coeligena
North Venezuela to southeast Bolivia
Brown inca
Coeligena wilsoni
West Colombia to west Ecuador
Black inca
Coeligena prunellei
North-central Colombia
Green inca
Coeligena conradii
Northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela (Trujillo to north Táchira)
Collared inca
Coeligena torquata
Northwest Venezuela and Colombia to south Peru
Gould's inca
Coeligena inca
Southeast Peru to Bolivia
Violet-throated starfrontlet
Coeligena violifer
North Peru to northwest Bolivia
Rainbow starfrontlet
Coeligena iris
Ecuador and Peru
White-tailed starfrontlet
Coeligena phalerata
Northeast Colombia
Dusky starfrontlet
Coeligena orina
North-central Colombia
Buff-winged starfrontlet
Coeligena lutetiae
Colombia to Peru
Perija starfrontlet
Coeligena consita
Perijá Mountains (Colombia-Venezuela border)
Golden-bellied starfrontlet
Coeligena bonapartei
East Colombia
Golden-tailed starfrontlet
Coeligena eos
West Venezuela
Blue-throated starfrontlet
Coeligena helianthea
Northeast Colombia and west Venezuela
