Collared Inca
Coeligena torquata
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The collared inca is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. It is very distinctive in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail. Like other hummingbirds it takes energy from flower nectar, while the plant benefits from the symbiotic relationship by being pollinated. Its protein source is small arthropods such as insects. It is normally solitary and can be found at varying heights above the ground, often in the open.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Coeligena