Collared Inca

Coeligena torquata (Boissonneau, 1840)

Spanish: Inca Acollarado

The Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 6.7 g and its bill is 39.4 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.7 g, about 7 paperclips

Bill

39.4 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 · 4 countries

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Others in the genus Coeligena

• Black Inca Coeligena prunellei
• Green Inca Coeligena conradii
• Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
• Gould's Inca Coeligena inca
• Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
• 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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