White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata)
About the White-tailed Starfrontlet
The white-tailed starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northeastern Colombia. The white-tailed starfrontlet and most other members of genus Coeligena were at one time placed in genus Helianthea but have been in their current placement since the mid-1900s. The species is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 3 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bronzy IncaCoeligena coeligenarecording
- Buff-winged StarfrontletCoeligena lutetiaerecording
- Rainbow StarfrontletCoeligena irisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.