Velvet-purple coronet
Velvet-purple coronet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Boissonneaua |
Species: | B. jardini
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Binomial name | |
Boissonneaua jardini Bourcier, 1851
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The velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in humid foothill forest on the West Andean slope in western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. The species has a quirk of holding its wings straight up for a moment after perching.[2] It generally breeds between January and March, but some have been spotted nesting as far off as September.[3]
Description[]
Its highly iridescent plumage is striking, being largely bluish-purple below and on the crown, greenish-blue on the back, green on the upperwing coverts, and rufous on the underwing coverts. In poor light it may appear all black, except for the strongly contrasting white outer rectrices.
Gallery[]
Two velvet-purple coronets in the Ecuadorian Chocó cloud forest.
Two velvet-purple coronets in the Ecuadorian Chocó cloud forest.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Boissonneaua jardini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22687874A130122269. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22687874A130122269.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Velvet-purple Coronet - Introduction | Neotropical Birds Online". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
External links[]
- Velvet-purple Coronet videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Velvet-purple Coronet photo gallery VIREO
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Boissonneaua
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
- Birds described in 1851
- Taxa named by Jules Bourcier
- Hummingbird stubs