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Golden-bellied Starfrontlet - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by C B Allen
Campo Tangara, Cundinamarca, Colombia, 6th November 2023
Coeligena bonapartei

Identification

14 cm

  • Black head
  • Long straight black bill

Distribution

South America: found in the mountains of East Andes of Colombia (Boyacá to Bogotá).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

It formerly included Perija Starfrontlet and Merida Starfrontlet.

Habitat

Cloud forest and more open areas with scattered trees between 1400–3200 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet includes nectar gathered from a variety of flowers.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)

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