White-tailed Starfrontlet - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by max1
Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia, 14 February 2016

Coeligena phalerata

Identification

Female or young
Photo © by njlarsen
Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 22 August 2023

14 cm (5½ in)
Male is mostly green with bluish throat and white post-ocular spot. The puffs around the legs and the entire forked tail are white. Bill is long, black, and straight.
Female has similar upper side but underside rufous-cinnamon and tail is bronzy with small pale tips.

Distribution

Young Male
Photo © by NJ Larsen
Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 22 August 2023

South America: found in the Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Cloud forest above 1400 m asl; seems to have difficulty with habitat disturbance.

Behaviour

Food includes both nectar and invertebrates. Seems to be quite territorial.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Züchner, T. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whtsta1.01

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-tailed Starfrontlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-tailed_Starfrontlet

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