Coeligena helianthea
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The blue-throated starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The blue-throated starfrontlet and most other members of genus Coeligena were at one time placed in genus Helianthea but have been in their current placement since the mid-1900s.
The blue-throated starfrontlet is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. Males weigh between 7.1 and 7.6 g (0.25 and 0.27 oz) and females 6 to 6.5 g (0.21 to 0.23 oz). Both sexes have a long, straight, black bill and white spot behind the eye. Both have bronzy black forked tails but the female's is less indented than the male's. In poor light the species may appear all dark. However, males of the nominate subspecies have a black head with a dark green forehead. Their upperparts are dark glossed with emerald green while the lower back and rump are dark blue with some violet. They have a dark iridescent violet throat, a dark gray breast with and emerald green sheen, and a rosy belly, vent area, and undertail coverts. Nominate... Wikipedia →
Recording
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Starfrontlet sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 168 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Starfrontlet in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in January, April, June–July and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Chingaza National Natural Park's driest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 350 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-throated Starfrontlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Chingaza National Natural Park, in our data
Chingaza National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-throated Starfrontlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-throated Starfrontlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (168 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
