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Coronets
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Coronets

Boissonneaua

Boissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the Trochilidae family. 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.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Buff-tailed Coronet

speciesBoissonneaua flavescens

Velvet-purple Coronet

speciesBoissonneaua jardini

Chestnut-breasted Coronet

speciesBoissonneaua matthewsii

Buff-tailed × Velvet-purple Coronet

hybridBoissonneaua flavescens × jardini

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6444.