Collared Inca
Coeligena torquata
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,248
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The collared inca (Coeligena torquata) is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. It is very distinctive in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail. Like other hummingbirds it takes energy from flower nectar (especially from bromeliads), while the plant benefits from the symbiotic relationship by being pollinated. Its protein source is small arthropods such as insects. It is normally solitary and can be found at varying heights above the ground, often in the open.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Collared inca”.