Velvet-purple Coronet
Boissonneaua jardini(Bourcier, J, 1851)
English (US) Velvet-purple Coronet
The Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) 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.
Range: western Andes of southwestern Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Boissonneaua jardini
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Velvet-purple Coronet
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Jardini
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1851)
- Type locality
- Nanegal, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 32 p.187
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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