Gould's inca
Gould's inca (Coeligena torquata inca) is a hummingbird found in humid Andean forest of south-eastern Peru and Bolivia. It is usually considered a subspecies of the collared inca, but has a rufous (not white) chest-patch. BirdLife International (and consequently IUCN) treats it as a separate species and rates it Least Concern.
| Gould's inca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Coeligena |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. t. inca |
| Trinomial name | |
| Coeligena torquata inca (Gould, 1852) | |
The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804-1881).[1]
References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 145–146.
- Sources
- Züchner, T. (1999). Coeligena inca (Gould's Inca). Pp. 628 in: 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. ISBN 84-87334-25-3
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