Inca à collier vs castor deurope

Coeligena torquata compared with Castor fiber

Key Differences

• Inca à collier is Least Concern while castor deurope is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Inca à collier	castor deurope
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Trochilidae	Castoridae (Beavers)
Genus	Coeligena	Castor (Beavers)
Species	Coeligena torquata	Castor fiber

Evolutionary Relationship

Inca à collier and castor deurope share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Inca à collier

LC — Least Concern

castor deurope

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Inca à collier	castor deurope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Inca à collier

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

castor deurope

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Inca à collier

A medium-large hummingbird of Andean montane forests from Colombia to Bolivia, collared incas have striking black and white plumage with a broad white chest band and distinctive white tail patches visible in flight. Inhabiting forest and forest edges at elevations of 1,700–3,200 meters, they feed at diverse flowering plants and are important pollinators of large-flowered Andean shrubs and trees. Their contrasting white tail patches flash prominently during hovering flight, aiding species recognition.

castor deurope

Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List. Facing a high risk of endangerment in the wild, with declining populations and increasing habitat pressure.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway