Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Boissonneaua matthewsii(Bourcier, J, 1847)
English (US) Chestnut-breasted Coronet
The Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) 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: Andes of far southeastern Colombia, Ecuador, and eastern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Matthewsii
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1847)
- Type locality
- Peru.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.15, no.171 p.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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