Coeligena
Genus of birds
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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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Species
The genus contains the following 15 species:
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