Rainbow Starfrontlet

Coeligena iris (Gould, 1853)

Spanish: Inca Arcoiris

The Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 6.9 g and its bill is 37.1 mm long. It lives in Ecuador and Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.9 g, about 7 paperclips

Bill

37.1 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
4. Genus Coeligena incas, starfrontlets

What Coeligena share: Long, straight bills.

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Ecuador
• Peru

Others in the genus Coeligena

• Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer
• White-tailed Starfrontlet Coeligena phalerata
• Gould's Inca Coeligena inca
• Dusky Starfrontlet Coeligena orina
• Green Inca Coeligena conradii
• Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
• Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
• Perija Starfrontlet Coeligena consita
• Black Inca Coeligena prunellei
• Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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