The dusky starfrontlet, also known as glittering starfrontlet, is a hummingbird species in the subfamily Trochilinae. It is found only at high altitudes in the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia, and was first discovered on Páramo de Frontino. Its status was mysterious for a long time as it was only known from a single museum specimen; and erroneously considered to be an immature golden-bellied starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei. When it was rediscovered in 2004, in what is now the Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, its status as a distinct species was confirmed. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Wetmore, A 1953
Reference:
Smithson. Misc. Coll.
122 no.8 p.4
Protonym:
Coeligena orina
Avibase ID:
A6DBD3C6AF8920A8
Avibase ID:
avibase-A6DBD3C6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A6DBD3C6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693789
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Inca de Wetmore ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Inca de Wetmore ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Dusky Star-frontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition: Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Coeligena bonapartei orina [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Glittering Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Dusky Starfrontlet ( Coeligena orina) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Coeligena orina [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Coeligena orina [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Coeligena [bonapartei, consita, eos or orina]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
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