Bronzy Inca

Coeligena coeligena (Lesson, RP, 1833)

Bronzy Inca, Coeligena coeligena, is a hummingbird of the Andes in northern Venezuela south to Bolivia. It lives along the edges of humid pre-montane forest, and also uses more open country with scattered trees and coffee plantations. Its range is mainly between 1,500 and 2,600 m. The species is the least showy member of its genus. It has a straight black bill, with the female’s bill a little longer, and the nominate male shows dark bronzy brown upperparts with a maroon gloss, a white mark behind the eye, and a bronze forked tail.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Breeding range

South America: n Venezuela to se Bolivia