Blue-throated Starfrontlet

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Coeligena helianthea

Blue-throated Starfrontlet, a reference photo
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Blue-throated Starfrontlet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Apodiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Species
Coeligena helianthea

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