Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) - HBW 5, p. 620
French: Colibri flavescent
German: Fahlschwanzkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Colihabano
Taxonomy: Trochilus flavescens Loddiges, 1832, Popayán, Colombia.
Specimens at the south end of the range of nominate are similar in colour to tinochlora, but the subspecific distinction is still evident in the general coloration and the pattern of the tail-feather tips. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- flavescens (Loddiges, 1832) - Andes of NW Venezuela (Mérida) and Colombia (all three ranges).
- tinochlora Oberholser, 1902 - SW Colombia and W Andean slope of Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the top of a dead branch Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp tinochlora)
Anna Motis 16 August 2006 5 years ago 24 sec 4.9 -
close up, calls at another Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia (ssp flavescens)
Martin Kennewell 29 May 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 37 sec 4.8 -
A bird on a branch, showing comfort behaviour Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp tinochlora)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 8 years ago 51 sec 4.8 -
A frontal view of a bird perched on a branch, calling Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp tinochlora)
Keith Blomerley 12 November 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 4.8 -
A bird on a branch showing irridescences on the head Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp tinochlora)
Robert Schaefer 26 February 2007 5 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
An adult bird perched and flying out and returning twice Locality Mindo Loma Lodge, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp tinochlora)
Don DesJardin 31 August 2006 5 years ago 21 sec 4.7
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On a branch
Locality Acaime Reserve, Salento, Quindio Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 27 December 2010 2 years ago 4.7 -
Resting on a mossy twig
Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia
Jim Watt 12 March 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
A bird, seen from behind, perched on a twig.
Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp tinochlora)
Pia Öberg 15 August 2005 1 year ago 4.5 -
Portrait of an adult male
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Rafael Merchante 13 November 2010 5 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp tinochlora)
Joe Tobias 30 January 2004 25 weeks ago 4 -
A perched adult.
Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia
Ken Havard 5 March 2010 30 weeks ago 4
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Presumed song, given by a bird from a perch about 4m above the ground. Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp tinochlora)
Scott Olmstead 17 October 2008 3 years ago 4
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