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Blue-throated Starfrontlet

Coeligena helianthea

Classification

Class
Aves

The blue-throated starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The blue-throated starfrontlet and most other members of genus Coeligena were at one time placed in genus Helianthea but have been in their current placement since the mid-1900s.

Distribution

(c) Giovanni Bermúdez Bohórquez, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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