Boissonneaua

Boissonneaua
	Buff-tailed coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Heliantheini
Genus:	Boissonneaua; Reichenbach, 1854
Type species
	Trochilus flavescens; 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.	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.	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.	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

^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
^ 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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