Buff-tailed Coronet
Common name: Buff-tailed Coronet
Scientific name: Boissonneaua flavescens
Clades: Heliantheini - Brilliants
The Buff-tailed coronet is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 7.3 to 8.8 g (0.26 to 0.31 oz).
A Buff-tailed Coronet has a cinnamon underwing in flight, and its tail is notably buffy except for the bronzy central feathers. There are three types of habitats that are suitable for buff-tailed coronets: humid and wet montane forests, shrubby forest borders, and dwarf forests. Usually congregating with other hummingbirds at trees in the canopy interior, they are rather defensive around the middle- and upper-level flowers in the forest. During feeding, they hold onto flowers while holding their wings up in a V shape.
2 subspecies:
