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Glittering Starfrontlet

Coeligena orina

Classification

Class
Aves

The dusky starfrontlet (Coeligena orina), also known as glittering starfrontlet, is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to a few small areas in western Colombia. Taxonomy and systematics The dusky starfrontlet was originally known from a single museum specimen collected in 1951 and described as a full species in 1953.

Distribution

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