Kingdom Animalia Genus Coeligena Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Trochilidae Scientific name Coeligena inca Higher classification Coeligena Order Apodiformes | |
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Similar Green‑headed hillstar, Longuemare's sunangel, Buff‑thighed puffleg, Letitia's thorntail, Fiery‑throated metaltail | ||
The Gould's inca (Coeligena torquata inca) is a hummingbird found in humid Andean forest of south-eastern Peru and Bolivia. It is usually considered a subspecies of the collared inca, but has a rufous (not white) chest-patch. BirdLife International (and consequently IUCN) includes it as a subspecies of the collared inca and therefore do not rate it, but it remains locally fairly common and is unlikely to be threatened.
The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804-1881).
References
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