Boissonneaua

Boissonneaua
Buff-tailed coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.
Map of range 		Size: 10.5 to 13 cm (4.1 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 6.5 to 8.3 g (0.23 to 0.29 oz)

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Buff-tailed coronet

 Boissonneaua flavescens
(Loddiges, 1832)

Two subspecies
  • B. f. flavescens
  • B. f. tinochlora
Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
Map of range 		Size: 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 7.3 to 8.8 g (0.26 to 0.31 oz)

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Velvet-purple coronet

 Boissonneaua jardini
(Bourcier, 1851) 		western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.
Map of range 		Size: 11 to 12.7 cm (4.3 to 5.0 in) long and weighs 8.0 to 8.5 g (0.28 to 0.30 oz)

Habitat:

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.

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