Black inca

Black inca
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Coeligena
Species: C. prunellei
Binomial name
Coeligena prunellei
(Bourcier, 1843)

The black inca (Coeligena prunellei) is a species of hummingbird found only in Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It was formerly classified as an endangered species by the IUCN,[1] but new research has shown it to be not as rare as it was believed. Consequently, it was downlisted to Vulnerable in 2008.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Coeligena prunellei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "What's new (2008)". BirdLife International. 2008. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.

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