Brown inca

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.

Brown Inca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Coeligena
Species:
C. wilsoni
Binomial name
Coeligena wilsoni
(DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846)

The scientific name commemorates the American naturalist Thomas Bellerby Wilson.[2]

Description
Brown inca in northwest Ecuador showing amethyst throat.

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
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Coeligena wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. 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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