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The dusky starfrontlet is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Males weigh 6.9 to 7.2 g (0.24 to 0.25 oz) and females 6.7 to 7 g (0.24 to 0.25 oz). The male has a glittering blue-green to golden green forehead and a velvety black crown, face, and mantle. The back is green with black highlights, the rump and uppertail coverts iridescent golden green, and the tail a paler green. The throat and breast are dark green, like the back suffused with black, and there is a large cobalt-blue spot on the lower throat. The belly and undertail coverts are the same golden green as the rump. Voice: A few dusky starfrontlet vocalizations have been described, a "high-pitched wiry note becoming trill-like towards the end 'tseeririrrr', a single 'tsee' and a lower-pitched strident 'tsip'."
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When to see the Dusky Starfrontlet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dusky Starfrontlet
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Dusky Starfrontlet
The dusky starfrontlet, also known as glittering starfrontlet, is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to a few small areas in western Colombia.
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Easily confused with
Perija StarfrontletCoeligena consitaThe Perija starfrontlet is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long including its 3.0 cm (1.2 in) bill.
Green IncaCoeligena conradiiThe green inca is about 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long; one female specimen weighed 6.7 g (0.24 oz).
Gould's IncaCoeligena incaGould's inca is about 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long and weighs 6.8 to 7.2 g (0.24 to 0.25 oz).
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