Dusky starfrontlet
The dusky starfrontlet (Coeligena orina), 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.[2] 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.
| Dusky starfrontlet | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Coeligena |
| Species: | C. orina |
| Binomial name | |
| Coeligena orina Wetmore, 1953 | |
Although this bird was listed as a species of Least Concern in the IUCN Red List for many years, it became evident that it was close to extinction, and its status was upgraded to Critically Endangered in the 2007 Red List issue, though downlisted back to Endangered in 2020.[1]
Footnotes
- BirdLife International (2020). "Coeligena orina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Krabbe et al. (2005)
References
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2007): Dusky Starfrontlet - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-28.
- Krabbe, Niels; Flórez, Pablo; Suárez, Gustavo; Castano, José; Arango, Juan David; Pulgarin, Paulo C; Múnera, Wilmar A; Stiles, F. Gary; & Salaman, Paul (2005) Rediscovery of the Dusky Starfrontlet Coeligena orina, with a description of the adult plumages and reassessment of its taxonomic status. Ornitologıá Colombiana 3: 28-35 [English with Spanish abstract].