- Black Inca
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Black Inca - Príncipe de Arcabuco Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Coeligena Species: C. prunellei Binomial name Coeligena prunellei
Bourcier, 1843The Black Inca, Príncipe de Arcabuco (Coeligena prunellei) is a bird species in the family Trochilidae. It is 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 Endangered by the IUCN[1]. But new research has shown it to be not as rare as it was believed. Consequently, it is downlisted to Vulnerable in 2008[2].
Footnotes
References
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Coeligena prunellei. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
External links
www.sao.org.co/publicaciones/boletinsao/b-Chavarro-Coeligena.pdf http://www.arkive.org/black-inca/coeligena-prunellei/
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