Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult \ Sex: Unknown \ Loc. Cusco|Huanuco, Peru
Age: Adult \ Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huanuco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Satipo, Pasco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas|Ayacucho
Status: The Violet-fronted Starfrontlet is fairly common and widespread in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2500-3900 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Inca de Garganta Violeta.
Sub-species: Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer dichroura), Taczanowski, 1874. E slope of Andes of N & C Peru (S to Junín); relict population in W Peru (Lima).
(Coeligena violifer albicaudata), Schuchmann and Züchner, 1998. Apurímac drainage, in NE Ayacucho, N Apurímac and SW Cuzco (S Peru).
(Coeligena violifer osculans), Gould, 1871. E Andes of SE Peru (SE of Urubamba).
Meaning of Name: Coeligena: L. coelum or caelum= heaven and gignere= to bring forth. violifer: L. viola= violet and fer, ferre = carrying, to carry..

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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.