Bronzy Inca - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Aralcal
Aralcal, Manizales, Colombia, June 2010

Coeligena coeligena

Identification

14 cm (10¼ in)
Rufous-brown to maroon all over, with white on throat, white post-ocular spot, and green spots on back.
Tail is forked, bill long, straight, and black.

Distribution

Photo © by Stanley Jones
Fundo Alto Nieva, San Martín, Peru, January 2017

South America: found in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 recognized subspecies^[1]:

C.c. coeligena:

Coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Lara to Miranda)

C.c. zuliana:

Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)

C.c. columbiana:

Eastern and Central Andes of Colombia and north-western Venezuela

C.c. ferruginea:

Western and Central Andes of Colombia

C.c. obscura:

Andes of extreme southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

C.c. boliviana:

Andes of central and south-eastern Bolivia

Habitat

Moist forests, especially edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar. They follow a route from flower to flower, often along forest edge. May sometimes be territorial over flowers.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bronzy Inca. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bronzy_Inca

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