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Coeligena
Sign in to saveCoeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
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Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.
==Taxonomy== The genus Coeligena was introduced in 1833 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the type species by tautonymy as Ornismya coelinga Lesson, the bronzy inca. The genus name is from Latin coeligenus meaning "heaven-born" or "celestial".
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