Buff-tailed Coronet
Boissonneaua flavescens(Loddiges, G, 1832)
English (US) Buff-tailed Coronet
The Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Boissonneaua flavescens
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buff-tailed Coronet
- Described by
- (Loddiges, G, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens
- Boissonneaua flavescens tinochlora
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus flavescens
- Described by
- (Loddiges, G, 1832)
- Type locality
- Popayan, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2, no.15 p.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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