Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Leimebamba, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. El Molino, Cajamarca. | No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Chugur, Cajamarca
Status: The Rainbow Starfrontlet is common at the edges of humid montane forest on the west slope of the northern Andes at elevations ranging between 1500-3300 m. It also occurs in Ec.
Name in Spanish: Inca Arcoiris.
Sub-species: Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris iris), Gould, 1853. S Ecuador (S from S Azuay) to N Peru (Piura).
(Coeligena iris aurora), Gould, 1853. N Peru (Cutervo, Cerros de Amachonga, in E Cajamarca).
(Coeligena iris fulgidiceps), Simon, 1921. N Peru E of R Marañón in S Amazonas (Chachapoyas, Tamiapampa, Leimebamba, Levanto).
(Coeligena iris flagrans), J. T. Zimmer, 1951. NW Peru (W slope of W Andes in W Cajamarca).
(Coeligena iris eva), Salvin, 1897. N Peru W of R Marañón on E slope of W Andes (SE Cajamarca, La Libertad, Ancash).
Meaning of Name: Coeligena: L. coelum or caelum= heaven and gignere= to bring forth. iris: Gr. iris, iridos= rainbow.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.