Blue-throated Starfrontlet

Coeligena helianthea - Inca porphyre

Inca porphyre
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Trochilidés

  • Genus
    :

    Coeligena

  • Species
    :

    helianthea

Descriptor

Lesson, RP, 1839

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 13 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Inca porphyre
♂ adult plum. breeding
Inca porphyre
♀ adult plum. breeding

Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Coeligena helianthea helianthea (n and e Colombia)
  • Coeligena helianthea tamai (w Venezuela)

Foreign names

  • Inca porphyre,
  • Inca ventrivioleta,
  • inca-de-garganta-azul,
  • Rosenbauchkolibri,
  • kékmellű csillagoskolibri,
  • Blauwe Incakolibrie,
  • Stellina golablu,
  • blåstrupig inka,
  • Rosenbukinka,
  • ink porfýrový,
  • inka modrohrdlý,
  • Blåstrubet Inka,
  • rubiinivatsakolibri,
  • colibrí inca de ventre violaci,
  • elfik różowobrzuchy,
  • Синегорлый инка,
  • ゴシキインカハチドリ,
  • 蓝喉星额蜂鸟,
  • 藍喉星額蜂鳥,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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