Coeligena

Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.

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Vinony's link graph records 189 inbound references to Coeligena, and connects out to Nyctibiidae, Aegotheliformes and Apodinae.

It is catalogued under topics including Bird genera, Birds of the Northern Andes and Coeligena.

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Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae

Observations recorded246,526

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 30
Family: Trochilidae
Collections: ANSP, LSUMZ, NHMUK, FMNH
Recorded in: Ecuador, Peru, Colombia

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taxon name: Coeligena
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Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.

==Taxonomy== The genus Coeligena was introduced in 1833 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the type species by tautonymy as Ornismya coelinga Lesson, the bronzy inca. The genus name is from Latin coeligenus meaning "heaven-born" or "celestial".

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