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Collared Inca (Collared)

Coeligena torquata [torquata] (= Coeligena torquata torquata) (Boissonneau, A 1840)

The collared inca is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru and Bolivia. It is very distinctive and unique in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail. Like other hummingbirds it takes energy from flower nectar, 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
   Coeligena
Scientific:
  Coeligena torquata torquata

Original description

Citation:
  (Boissonneau, A 1840)

Reference:
   Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne 3 p.6

Protonym:
  Ornismia torquata

Type locality:
  Bogota, Colombia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48713#page/16/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9FC505EA2341EF97

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9FC505EA

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9FC505EA

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 693785

English:
Collared Inca [torquata]
Afrikaans:
Witkraaginka (Witkraag-)
Bulgarian:
Белогушо звездочело колибри [Група torquata]
Catalan:
colibrí inca de collar [grup torquata]
Czech:
inka královský [skupina torquata]
Danish:
Halsbåndsinka (Almindelig)
German:
Violettscheitelkolibri [torquata-Gruppe]
Spanish:
Inca Acollarado (grupo torquata)
Spanish (Spain):
Inca acollarado (grupo torquata)
Finnish:
sepelinkakolibri (torquata- ryhmä)
French:
Inca à collier [torquata]
Croatian:
purpurnokapi kolibrić [torquata grupa]
Icelandic:
Inkabríi [torquata hópur]
Japanese:
シロエリインカハチドリ（torquata グループ）
Dutch:
Gekraagde Incakolibrie (torquata groep)
Norwegian:
hvitbrystinka (torquata gr.)
Polish:
elfik wstęgoszyi [gr. torquata]
Portuguese (Portugal):
inca-de-colar [grupo torquata]
Russian:
Ошейниковый инка [группа torquata]
Slovak:
ink golierikatý (skup.)
Serbian:
Ogrličasti inka kolibri (torquata)
Swedish:
vitkragad inka [gruppen torquata]
Turkish:
Kolyeli İnka [torquata grubu]
Ukrainian:
Колібрі-інка біловолий [група torquata]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Collared Inca [torquata] ( Coeligena torquata [torquata])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata)
eBird version 2019:
Collared Inca (Collared) ( Coeligena torquata [torquata Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Collared Inca (Collared) ( Coeligena torquata [torquata Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Collared Inca (Collared) ( Coeligena torquata [torquata Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Collared Inca (Collared) ( Coeligena torquata [torquata Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Collared Inca (Collared) ( Coeligena torquata [torquata Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Collared Inca (Collared) ( Coeligena torquata [torquata Group]) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Collared Inca ( Coeligena torquata) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Coeligena torquata

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Witkraaginka (Witkraag-)
Bulgarian: Белогушо звездочело колибри [Група torquata]
Catalan: Colibrí inca de collar, colibrí inca de collar [grup torquata]
Czech: inka královský [skupina torquata]
Danish: Halsbåndsinka (Almindelig)
German: Krawattenmusketier, Violettscheitel-Andenkolibri, Violettscheitelkolibri [torquata-Gruppe]
English: Collared Inca, Collared Inca (Collared), Collared Inca [torquata]
[ENAV]: Collared Inca (Collared)
English, HBW: Collared Inca
English (IOC): Collared Inca (Collared)
English (United States): Collared Inca (Collared)
Spanish: Inca acollarado, Inca Acollarado (grupo torquata)
Spanish (Ecuador): Inca Collarejo (de Collar) [Grupo torquata]
Spanish (Spain): Inca acollarado (grupo torquata)
Spanish (HBW): Collared Inca (Collared)
Spanish (Peru): Inca Acollarado [grupo torquata]
Finnish: sepelinkakolibri (torquata- ryhmä)
French: Inca à collier, Inca à collier [torquata]
French (Guyane): Inca à collier (groupe torquata)
Croatian: purpurnokapi kolibrić [torquata grupa]
Icelandic: Inkabríi [torquata hópur]
Italian: Inca dal collare
Japanese: シロエリインカハチドリ (torquata グループ), シロエリインカハチドリ（torquata グループ）
Scientific: Coeligena torquata, Coeligena torquata [torquata Group], Coeligena torquata [torquata], Coeligena torquata torquata, Ornismia torquata
Dutch: Gekraagde Incakolibrie (torquata groep)
Norwegian: hvitbrystinka (torquata gr.)
Polish: elfik wstęgoszyi [gr. torquata]
Portuguese (Portugal): inca-de-colar [grupo torquata]
Russian: Ошейниковый инка [группа torquata]
Slovak: ink golierikatý (skup.)
Serbian: Ogrličasti inka kolibri (torquata)
Swedish: vitkragad inka [gruppen torquata]
Turkish: Kolyeli inka [torquata grubu], Kolyeli İnka [torquata grubu]
Ukrainian: Колібрі-інка біловолий [група torquata]

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