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:
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)
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)
