Brown Inca

Brown Inca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Coeligena
Species: C. wilsoni
Binomial name
Coeligena wilsoni
(DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846)

The Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

The scientific name commemorates the American naturalist Thomas Bellerby Wilson.[2]

Brown inca in northwest Ecuador

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Coeligena wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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