Boissonneaua | |
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Buff-tailed coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: | Boissonneaua Reichenbach, 1854 |
Type species | |
Trochilus flavescens[1] Loddiges, 1832
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Species | |
3, see text |
Boissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru. They have a straight black bill, contrasting outer rectrices, and a distinctive habit of quickly lifting both wings up shortly after landing, thereby revealing their rufous underwing coverts.
The genus contains three species:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Chestnut-breasted coronet | Boissonneaua matthewsii (Bourcier, 1847) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Buff-tailed coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens (Loddiges, 1832) Two subspecies
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Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Velvet-purple coronet | Boissonneaua jardini (Bourcier, 1851) |
western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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