Male © Peter Hawrylyshyn eBird S24928396 Macaulay Library ML 28050621
Female © Rohan van Twest
Male © Peter Hawrylyshyn
Female © Fabrice Schmitt
Male © David Jeffrey Ringer

Blue-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena helianthea

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Large and dazzling hummingbird found in the Andes of northern Colombia and barely into western Venezuela. Males look dark at a distance, but are unmistakable in good light: dark blackish head and breast with a green forecrown, a purplish-blue throat patch, and a glittering purplish-pink belly. On females, look for a buffy throat, a purplish-pink belly, and a long straight bill. Occurs in montane forests, edges, and gardens; visits feeders.

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