---
title: "Plain-capped Starthroat"
description: "Heliomaster constantii — Vogels. The plain-capped starthroat (Heliomaster constantii) is a species of hummingbird in the \"mountain gems\", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/plain-capped-starthroat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plain-capped Starthroat

> Heliomaster constantii — Vogels. The plain-capped starthroat (Heliomaster constantii) is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Heliomaster constantii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1587
- Wikidata: [Q1272481](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1272481)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5873](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5873)

## Names

- en: Plain-capped Starthroat
- de: Funkenkehlkolibri
- es: Colibrí Picudo Occidental
- fr: Colibri de Constant
- pl: Aksamitek białowąsy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1019), SV (119), CR (108), US (100), NI (32), HN (28), GT (6), PA (5)

## Summary

The plain-capped starthroat (Heliomaster constantii) is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica.

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

## Photo

![Plain-capped Starthroat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plain-capped-starthroat/medium.jpg)

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331127783

## Machine access

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