Family Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Least Concern
Huanuco Starfrontlet (Coeligena dichroura)
Taxonomy
French: Inca du Huanuco German: Smaragdstirn-Andenkolibri Spanish: Inca de Huánuco
Taxonomy:
Helianthea dichroura
Taczanowski
, 1874,Maraynioc, Peru
.Distribution:
E slope of Andes of N & C Peru (S to Junín); relict population in W Peru (Lima).
Descriptive notes
13–14·5 cm; male 4–10 g, mean (9·2 g), female 7·9 g. Previously considered to be conspecific with C. violifer (see Taxonomy comments). Male has long, straight, black... read more
Voice
A long series of single “tchit” notes given at a rate of c. 1·6 notes/second. Also a jerky mix of... read more
Habitat
Edges and clearings of cloudforest and elfin forest, sometimes in second growth, at 1900–3700 m.
Food and feeding
Presumably similar to C. violifer, but no specific information.
Breeding
No data.
Movements
Wide altitudinal range and only occasional occurrence below 2800 m suggest some seasonal dispersal... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Habitat partially under threat of deforestation and population is suspected to be declining; species has not been recorded in man-made... read more
Probably closely related to C. lutetiae, C. bonapartei, C. eos and C. helianthea. Hitherto considered one of four subspecies of C. violifer, but differs from all others in having green frontlet set in dull green lores and forecrown vs differently coloured or plain frontlet set in velvety-black lores and forecrown (3); dark brown central tail feathers, with other rectrices pale rufous with very broad dark brown tips, forming highly distinctive pattern (3); vague, indistinct white line across breast each side of glittering green vs clear thin white line that halts glittering green in violifer and no line in other taxa (1); larger size (effect size for wing 3.76; score 2). Monotypic.