Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) - HBW 5, p. 627

French: Inca à collier German: Brustband-Andenkolibri Spanish: Inca Acollarado
Other common names: White-cravat Hummingbird

Taxonomy: Ornismia torquata Boissonneau, 1840, Bogotá, Colombia.
Relationships uncertain within the complex containing C. wilsoni, C. prunellei, present species and C. inca; further studies needed. Forms superspecies with C. inca, with which traditionally considered conspecific; however, probably best considered separate species, on the basis of differences in plumage coloration, together with disjunct distributions. “C. traviesi” and “C. lawrencei” are most likely hybrids between present species and, respectively, C. lutetiae and Lafresnaya lafresnayi. Six subspecies recognized.

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