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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Coeligena

Violet-throated Starfrontlet

Coeligena violifer

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vitsta1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Coeligena

Subspecies (4)

Coeligena violifer albicaudata

east slope of Andes of southern Peru (Apurímac Valley in Ayacucho, Apurímac, and western Cusco)
Coeligena violifer dichroura

east slope of Andes of central Peru (Junín, Huánuco, and Lima)
Coeligena violifer osculans

east slope of Andes of southeastern Peru (eastern Cusco and Puno)
Coeligena violifer violifer

east slope of Andes of northwestern Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vitsta1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.