White-tailed Starfrontlet

Coeligena phalerata (Bangs, 1898)

Spanish: Inca Coliblanco

The White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 6.1 g and its bill is 33.4 mm long. It is found only in Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near threatened, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.1 g, about 6 paperclips

Bill

33.4 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Near threatened, decreasing

Endemic

Found only in Colombia

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 · 1 country

• Colombia

Others in the genus Coeligena

• Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris
• Dusky Starfrontlet Coeligena orina
• Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer
• Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
• Gould's Inca Coeligena inca
• Perija Starfrontlet Coeligena consita
• Green Inca Coeligena conradii
• Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei
• Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
• Merida Starfrontlet Coeligena eos

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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