White-tailed starfrontlet
Coeligena phalerata (Bangs, 1898)
The white-tailed starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.4 g to 6.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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Quick facts about the white-tailed starfrontlet
- Weight
- 5.4 g – 6.8 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
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the white-tailed starfrontlet live?
Not recorded
What is the white-tailed starfrontlet?
The white-tailed starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northeastern Colombia.
From the Wikipedia article “White-tailed starfrontlet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-tailed_starfrontlet&oldid=1379017231), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the white-tailed starfrontlet endangered?
The white-tailed starfrontlet is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- 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 Near Threatened species.
How is the white-tailed starfrontlet classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusCoeligena
- SpeciesCoeligena phalerata (Bangs, 1898)
Synonyms Leucuria phalerata
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- نجمي الجهة أبيض الذيلArabic
- colibrí inca cuablancCatalan
- inka běloocasýCzech
- sïedn talcenserog cynffonwynWelsh
- Hvidhalet InkaDanish
- TürkiskronkolibriGerman
- Weißschwanz-AndenkolibriGerman
- WeißschwanzmusketierGerman
- blankvosta inkakolibroEsperanto
- Inca coliblancoSpanish
- lumipyrstökolibriFinnish
- Inca à queue blancheFrench
- santamartska smaragdnicaCroatian
- fehérfarkú csillagoskolibriHungarian
- Stellina codabiancaItalian
- オジロインカハチドリJapanese
- baltauodegis inkasLithuanian
- hvithaleinkaNorwegian Bokmål
- WitstaartincakolibrieDutch
- hvitstjertinkaNorwegian
- elfik białosternyPolish
- inca-de-cauda-brancaPortuguese
- Белохвостый инкаRussian
- ink bielochvostýSlovak
- Belorepi zvezdočeli kolibriSerbian
- vitstjärtad inkaSwedish
- Ak Kuyruklu ParlakalınTurkish
- колібрі-інка білохвостийUkrainian
- 白尾星額蜂鳥Chinese
- 白尾星额蜂鸟Chinese
Relatives of the white-tailed starfrontlet
Other species in the same genus Coeligena.
Brown inca
Coeligena wilsoni
Golden-bellied starfrontlet
Coeligena bonapartei
Black inca
Coeligena prunellei
Bronzy inca
Coeligena coeligena
Blue-throated starfrontlet
Coeligena helianthea
Buff-winged starfrontlet
Coeligena lutetiae
CompareWhite-tailed starfrontlet vs Brown incaWhite-tailed starfrontlet vs Golden-bellied starfrontletWhite-tailed starfrontlet vs Black incaWhite-tailed starfrontlet vs Bronzy inca
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-tailed starfrontlet?
An adult white-tailed starfrontlet weighs 5.4 g – 6.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-tailed starfrontlet endangered?
The white-tailed starfrontlet is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the white-tailed starfrontlet?
The white-tailed starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata) 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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