Buff-tailed Coronet

Boissonneaua flavescens (Loddiges, 1832)

Spanish: Colibrí Colihabano

The Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 8.2 g and its bill is 20.9 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

8.2 g, about 8 paperclips

Bill

20.9 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
4. Genus Boissonneaua coronets

What Boissonneaua share: Often hold their wings raised for a moment after landing.

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Venezuela

Others in the genus Boissonneaua

• Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
• Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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