Velvet-purple Coronet

Boissonneaua jardini (Bourcier, 1851)

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Velvet-purple Coronet, Boissonneaua jardini, is a hummingbird of the Andes in south-west Colombia and north-west Ecuador. It was described by Bourcier in 1851 and belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes. This bird is part of the genus Boissonneaua, alongside the chestnut-breasted and buff-tailed coronets, and it is the only member of its own type. Its range follows the Pacific side of the mountains, where it occurs in wet forest and shrubby country.

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Breeding range: South America: sw Colombia to nw Ecuador