Buff-winged starfrontlet

Buff-winged starfrontlet
Male in Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Coeligena
Species: C. lutetiae
Binomial name
Coeligena lutetiae
DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846

The buff-winged starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

A female, Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador

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