Blue-throated Starfrontlet
Common name: Blue-throated Starfrontlet
Scientific name: Coeligena helianthea
Clades: Heliantheini - Brilliants
The Blue-throated starfrontlet is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. Males weigh between 7.1 and 7.6 g (0.25 and 0.27 oz) and females 6 to 6.5 g (0.21 to 0.23 oz).
The Blue-throated Starfrontlets have a spectacular color pattern. Often, males are difficult to detect, as they appear mainly black. Its uppertail sparkles aqua, its throat patch is violet-blue, and its belly is glittering pink in proper lighting. In general, females are greenish black with aqua uppertails and cinnamon underparts, as well as pink spotting on the belly. In addition to foraging near interspecies flocks of flowers, these large hummingbirds are usually solitary. In cloud and dwarf forests, shrubby slopes, as well as hedges and gardens around houses, they live.
2 subspecies:
