Boissonneaua
Buff-tailed coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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.

Species

The genus contains three species:[2]


Genus Boissonneaua – Reichenbach, 1854 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Chestnut-breasted coronet

Boissonneaua matthewsii
(Bourcier, 1847)		 Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Diet:		  LC 


Buff-tailed coronet

Boissonneaua flavescens
(Loddiges, 1832)

Two subspecies
  • B. f. flavescens
  • B. f. tinochlora
Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



Velvet-purple coronet

Boissonneaua jardini
(Bourcier, 1851)		 western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.
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Diet:		  LC 



References

  1. ↑ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  • Restall, R., Rodner, C., & Lentino, M. (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Vol. 1 & 2. Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-7242-0 (vol. 1); ISBN 0-7136-7243-9 (vol. 2).


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