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Golden-tailed Starfrontlet

Coeligena eos

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarForestCup nestTiny · 6 g
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 1
Photo: Andres Cuervo · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 2
Photo: Soler97 at English Wikipedia (Original text: Tad Boniecki) · Public domain
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 3
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 4
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 5
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 6
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 7
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 8
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 9
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos), photo 10
Photo: (c) Henrry, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The golden-tailed starfrontlet is about 11.4 cm (4.5 in) long including its 3.0 cm (1.2 in) bill. Males weigh about of 6.8 g (0.24 oz) and females 6.4 g (0.23 oz). Both sexes have a white spot behind the eye. Adult males have a blackish crown with a glittering green forehead. Their upper back is shining golden green that transitions to the gold to golden orange rump. The throat and breast are glittering green and the throat has a small violet patch. The rest of the underparts are variable, from glittering coppery red to reddish gold. The undertail coverts are light cinnamon. Voice: As of early 2023 neither xeno-canto nor the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had any recordings of the golden-tailed starfrontlet's vocalizations.

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When to see the Golden-tailed Starfrontlet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-tailed Starfrontlet

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Venezuela

Recorded as a rare visitor in Ecuador.

About the Golden-tailed Starfrontlet

The golden-tailed starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Venezuela. It is also called the Mérida starfrontlet and golden starfrontlet.

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Easily confused with

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 Inca (Coeligena inca) 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). Perija Starfrontlet (Coeligena consita) Perija StarfrontletCoeligena consitaThe Perija starfrontlet is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long including its 3.0 cm (1.2 in) bill.

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