| Boissonneaua | |
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| Buff-tailed coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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
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Boissonneaua matthewsii (Bourcier, 1847) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Buff-tailed coronet
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Boissonneaua flavescens (Loddiges, 1832) Two subspecies
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Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Velvet-purple coronet
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Boissonneaua jardini (Bourcier, 1851) |
western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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