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Perija Starfrontlet
Coeligena consita Wetmore & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Perija Starfrontlet, Coeligena consita, is a hummingbird of the Perijá Mountains on the Colombia-Venezuela border in South America. It is a permanent resident of humid forest, elfin forest and some higher open ground at 1,400 to 3,200 m. The species is confined to the Serranía del Perijá, where it lives in both interior forest and along edges. It is a monotypic species in current use. Adult males show a blackish crown, a green forehead, a white mark behind the eye and a golden orange rump.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Perijá Mts. (Colombia-Venezuela border)
