Coronets
Chestnut Breasted Coronet
04 January 2012 13:58
Copyright: monacoeye • Guango Lodge, Ecuador, February • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Chestnut Breasted Coronet
Latin: Boissonneaua matthewsii
Other: Esmeralda andina, Diamante de pico largo, coronita pechicastaña (Es)
Family: Trochilidae • Hummingbirds
Range: Andes; Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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The beautiful Chestnut Breasted Coronet, seen at Guango Lodge - a good place to see it.
The Chestnut Breasted Coronet lives at quite high altitudes - I didn’t see it below 2000m - but not as high as Yanacocha.
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Velvet Purple Coronet
04 January 2012 13:58
Copyright: monacoeye • Mindo Lindo, Ecuador, February • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Velvet Purple Coronet
Latin: Boissonneaua jardini
Other: Coronita Aterciopelada, Colibrí sietecolores (Es)
Family: Trochilidae • Hummingbirds
Range: Andes; Colombia, Ecuador
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The Velvet Purple Coronet is a very striking bird with superb deep purple plumage. The head and chest can often look black. In Ecuador found northwest of Quito, in mid-altitude forest - seen here at Mindo Lindo Lodge, for example.
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04 January 2012 13:58
Copyright: monacoeye • Mindo, Ecuador, February • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Buff Tailed Coronet
Latin: Boissonneaua flavescens
Other: Colibrí colihabano, chupasavia, coronita colianteada (Es)
Family: Trochilidae • Hummingbirds
Range: Andes; Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Buff Tailed Coronet is buff under the tail, has white puffy thighs, otherwise mostly green. Also some buff on shoulders and white post-ocular spot.
850m to 2000m altitude; usually above 1400m. Seen at Paz de las Aves, Bellavista Lodge and Guango Lodge.More photos...