Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Collared Inca
Common Names in French:
Inca à collier
Common Names in German:
Krawattenmusketier
Common Names in Japanese:
シロエリインカハチドリ
Description
Habitat
Vegetation: montaine evergreen forests • Minimum Elevation: 1,700 meters • Maximum Elevation: 2,800 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Middle montane: mountains, middle range, 1,600-2,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,031 meters (0 to 16,506 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Apodiformes
()
- Peters, 1940
- Suborder:
Apodi
()
- Peters, 1940
- Family:
Trochilidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
()
- Genus:
Coeligena
()
- Lesson, 1832[1833]
- Specific name:
torquata
- (Boissonneau) 1840
- Scientific name: - Coeligena torquata (Boissonneau, 1840) (Boissonneau) 1840
- Specific name:
torquata
- (Boissonneau) 1840
- Genus:
Coeligena
(
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
(
- Family:
Trochilidae
(
- Suborder:
Apodi
(
- Order:
Apodiformes
(
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Coeligena torquata (Boissonneau, 1840)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 06-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Coeligena
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. bonapartei (Dusky Starfrontlet) · C. bonapartei bonapartei (Golden-Bellied Starfrontlet) · C. coeligena (Bronzy Inca) · C. helianthea (Blue-Throated Starfrontlet) · C. helianthea helianthea (Blue-Throated Starfrontlet) · C. iris (Rainbow Starfrontlet) · C. iris iris (Rainbow Starfrontlet) · C. lutetiae (Buff-Winged Starfrontlet) · C. orina (Dusky Starfrontlet) · C. phalerata (White-Tailed Starfrontlet) · C. prunellei (Black Inca) · C. torquata (Collared Inca) · C. torquata torquata (Collared Inca) · C. violifer (Violet-Throated Starfrontlet) · C. violifer violifer (Violet-Throated Starfrontlet) · C. wilsoni (Brown Inca)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 120, p. 121, p. 122, p. 126, p. 127, p. 136.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 103.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 132.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 149.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 177.
- IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 385.
- Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 22.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 236, p. 500, p. 769.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 154, p. 153.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2009. Coeligena torquata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, Estacion Biologica Donana - CSIC, Aves
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Ornithology Collection
- New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10192
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-693783
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13277700
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555227
- IUCN ID: 201264
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132532
Footnotes
- Mean = 673.070 meters (2,208.235 feet), Standard Deviation = 886.310 based on 80,063 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
