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Dusky Starfrontlet
Coeligena orina Wetmore, 1953
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Dusky Starfrontlet, Coeligena orina, is a hummingbird of north-central Colombia, where it is confined to a few small areas in the western Andes. It was first described by Wetmore in 1953 and is known from scattered sites in humid mountain forest, elfin forest, and the transition zone with páramo. The species is monotypic. It is identified by the male’s glittering blue-green to golden-green forehead, dark head and upperparts, and a cobalt-blue patch on the lower throat, while the female shows a scaly-looking green crown and face with a bright cinnamon-buff throat.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: nc Colombia
