Blue-throated starfrontlet

Blue-throated starfrontlet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Coeligena
Species: C. helianthea
Binomial name
Coeligena helianthea
Lesson, 1838
Synonyms

Helianthea typica

The blue-throated starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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