Chestnut-breasted Coronet - BirdForum Opus

Boissonneaua matthewsii

Photo by edenwatcher
Tapichalaca, Ecuador, March 2006

Identification

Male. Underside orange-chestnut except for a green area on the throat. Upperside green, tail mixed chestnut and green, wings dark. Bill short and straight, dark. Feet pink.
Female and juveniles with more green on flanks, less chestnut on underside.

Distribution

South America: found in the Andes of extreme south-eastern Colombia, Ecuador and eastern Peru.

Taxonomy

Photo by steveblain
San Isidro, Ecuador, November 2004

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Moist montane forests, both borders and interior.

Behaviour

Usually solitary and highly territorial.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
3. Erize et al. 2006 Birds of South America, non-passerines. Princeton Illustrated Checklists, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. ISBN 0-691-12688-7

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-breasted Coronet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-breasted_Coronet

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