Brown inca
| Brown Inca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Coeligena |
| Species: | C. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Coeligena wilsoni | |
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The brown inca (Coeligena wilsoni) is a species of hummingbird found in forests between 1000 and 2800 m along the Pacific slope of the Andes from western Colombia to southern Ecuador.
The scientific name commemorates the American naturalist Thomas Bellerby Wilson.[2]
Description[]
The brown inca is about 12 cm long, weighs approximately 6.7 g, and has a long straight black bill (3.2 cm). It is dark bronzy above with dull brown underparts and an inconspicuous amethyst throat patch. There is a small white postocular spot and a white patch on either side of the neck. Sexes are similar.
Feeding[]
It feeds on the nectar of various plants such as Psammisia, Macleania, Cavendishia, and Fuchsia. Insects are caught by foraging on various plants and occasionally by hawking. It feeds by trap-lining.[3]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Coeligena wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687810A93170539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687810A93170539.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ del Hoyo. J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. eds. (1999) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Coeligena
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
- Birds described in 1846
- Taxa named by Jules Bourcier
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