Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Coeligena
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei

Catalina Palacios
Version: 1.0 — Published January 9, 2015

Behavior

Introduction

There is little information on the behavior of Golden-bellied Starfrontlet. This hummingbird typically forages at low to medium heights, and primarily is a trap-liner (Züchner 1999a,b, Hilty 2003).

Territoriality

There is no information on territoriality or home range size for Golden-bellied Starfrontlet.

Sexual Behavior

Little information. Golden-bellied Starfrontlet presumably is polygynous, as are most if not all species of hummingbirds (Schuchmann 1999: 509).

Social and interspecific behavior

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet usually is solitary, as is typical of hummingbirds.

Predation

No documented reports of predation on Golden-bellied Starfrontlet?

Recommended Citation

Palacios, C. (2015). Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.gobsta1.01