Violet-throated starfrontlet

Violet-throated starfrontlet
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Coeligena
Species:
C. violifer
Binomial name
Coeligena violifer
(Gould, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Helianthea violifera
  • Helianthea dichroura
    (Coeligena violifer dichroura)
  • Helianthea osculans
    (Coeligena violifer osculans)

The violet-throated starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru and possibly Ecuador.

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