Collared Inca is split into three species. These splits are based in part on substantial plumage differences; also, although there is not yet data for all members of this group of this group, genetic analyses indicate that some taxa (the torquata Group and the inca/omissa Group) are more differentiated than are many other taxa of Coeligena that are recognized as species (McGuire et al. 2014). The three newly recognized species are Collared Inca Coeligena torquata, including subspecies torquata, fulgidigula, margaretae, insectivora, and eisenmanni; a monotypic Green Inca Coeligena conradii; and Gould's Inca Coeligena inca, with subspecies omissa and inca.