---
title: "Blue-tufted Starthroat"
description: "Heliomaster furcifer — Birds. The blue-tufted starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) is a species of hummingbird in the \"mountain gems\", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-tufted-starthroat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-tufted Starthroat

> Heliomaster furcifer — Birds. The blue-tufted starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Heliomaster furcifer*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1155
- Wikidata: [Q591388](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q591388)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5868](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5868)

## Names

- en: Blue-tufted Starthroat
- de: Blaubartkolibri
- es: Colibrí de Barbijo
- fr: Colibri d'Angèle
- pt: Bico-reto-azul
- pl: Aksamitek brodaty

## Countries with the most observations

AR (862), BR (170), BO (44), UY (33), PY (19)

## Summary

The blue-tufted starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and possibly Ecuador.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tufted_starthroat

## Photo

![Blue-tufted Starthroat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-tufted-starthroat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Analía Belaus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204156265

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-tufted-starthroat?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).