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Coeligena helianthea (Blue-throated Starfrontlet)

Synonyms: Ornismia helianthea

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Infraspecies

Coeligena helianthea helianthea
Coeligena helianthea tamai

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
10
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.08574
EDGE Score: 1.4075
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.5 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  70 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera Oriental montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Cocuy Natural National Park 756142 Colombia  
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (incl. Tayrona NP) National Park II 1031303 Colombia  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cañón del Río Guatiquía Colombia A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional El Tamá Venezuela A1, A2, A3, A4ii
Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza Colombia A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Natural Tamá Colombia A1, A2
Soatá Colombia A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Prey / Diet

Cavendishia bracteata[3]
Passiflora mixta (Banana passion flower)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Diglossa caerulescens (Bluish Flowerpiercer)1
Ensifera ensifera (Sword-billed Hummingbird)1
Eriocnemis mirabilis (Colorful Puffleg)1
Oxypogon guerinii (Bearded Helmetcrest)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0