Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Boissonneaua matthewsii (Bourcier, 1847)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Boissonneaua matthewsii, is a hummingbird of South America, breeding from Colombia to Peru. It belongs to the family Trochilidae and the order Apodiformes, and was described by Bourcier in 1847. It is a member of the genus Boissonneaua, alongside the buff-tailed and velvet-purple coronets. The species is monotypic. It lives in humid montane forest, using both the interior and the edges, and also visits gardens close to forest. In Ecuador it is most often recorded between 1,900 and 2,700 m, and in Peru it occurs from 1,500 to 3,300 m.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to Peru
