Bronzy Inca

Coeligena coeligena (Lesson, RP, 1833)

Spanish: Inca Bronceado

The Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 6.8 g and its bill is 36.2 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Bolivia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.8 g, about 7 paperclips

Bill

36.2 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
4. Genus Coeligena incas, starfrontlets

What Coeligena share: Long, straight bills.

Where it lives · 5 countries

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Bolivia

Others in the genus Coeligena

• Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
• Black Inca Coeligena prunellei
• Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
• Green Inca Coeligena conradii
• Gould's Inca Coeligena inca
• Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer
• Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris
• White-tailed Starfrontlet Coeligena phalerata
• Dusky Starfrontlet Coeligena orina
• Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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