Buff-winged starfrontlet
Coeligena lutetiae (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
The buff-winged starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 7.29 g to 8.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the buff-winged starfrontlet
- Weight
- 7.29 g – 8.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the buff-winged starfrontlet live?
Not recorded
What is the buff-winged starfrontlet?
The buff-winged starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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What does the buff-winged starfrontlet sound like?
Is the buff-winged starfrontlet endangered?
The buff-winged starfrontlet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the buff-winged starfrontlet classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusCoeligena
- SpeciesCoeligena lutetiae (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
Synonyms Helianthea hamiltoni, Trochilus lutetiae
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- نجمي الجهة أصفر الجناحينArabic
- colibrí inca marcatCatalan
- inka andskýCzech
- sïedn talcenserog melynllwydWelsh
- Okkervinget InkaDanish
- FahlflügelkolibriGerman
- Fahlflügel-AndenkolibriGerman
- ZimtflügelmusketierGerman
- okraflugila inkakolibroEsperanto
- Inca alihabanoSpanish
- Inca de Ala AnteadaSpanish
- pilkkasiipikolibriFinnish
- Inca à gemme bleueFrench
- crnoleđi kolibrićCroatian
- fakószárnyú csillagoskolibriHungarian
- Stellina alicamoscioItalian
- モンツキインカハチドリJapanese
- rudasparnis inkasLithuanian
- BruinvleugelincakolibrieDutch
- opalvingeinkaNorwegian
- elfik płowoskrzydłyPolish
- inca-de-asa-begePortuguese
- inca-d'asa-carameloPortuguese
- Бурокрылый инкаRussian
- Бледнокрылый инкаRussian
- ink plavoškvrnitýSlovak
- Žutokrili zvezdočeli kolibriSerbian
- opalvingad inkaSwedish
- Sarıca Kanatlı ParlakalınTurkish
- колібрі-інка строкатокрилийUkrainian
- 黃翅星額蜂鳥Chinese
- 黄翅星额蜂鸟Chinese
Relatives of the buff-winged starfrontlet
Other species in the same genus Coeligena.
Brown inca
Coeligena wilsoni
Golden-bellied starfrontlet
Coeligena bonapartei
Black inca
Coeligena prunellei
White-tailed starfrontlet
Coeligena phalerata
Bronzy inca
Coeligena coeligena
Blue-throated starfrontlet
Coeligena helianthea
CompareBuff-winged starfrontlet vs Brown incaBuff-winged starfrontlet vs Golden-bellied starfrontletBuff-winged starfrontlet vs Black incaBuff-winged starfrontlet vs White-tailed starfrontlet
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the buff-winged starfrontlet?
An adult buff-winged starfrontlet weighs 7.29 g – 8.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the buff-winged starfrontlet endangered?
The buff-winged starfrontlet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the buff-winged starfrontlet?
The buff-winged starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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