Chestnut-breasted Coronet - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by edenwatcher
Tapichalaca, Ecuador, March 2006

Boissonneaua matthewsii

Identification

12 cm (4¾ in)
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

Photo © by steveblain
San Isidro, Ecuador, November 2004

Female
Different sources disagree whether female is like male or if it is more like juveniles.
Juvenile: with more green on flanks, less chestnut on underside and especially with buffy edges to green on throat.

Distribution

South America: found in the Andes of extreme south-eastern Colombia, Ecuador and eastern Peru. Mainly on the east side of the Andes, but from southern Ecuador also on the west side.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Moist montane forests, both borders and interior. At heights between 1200–2600m.

Behaviour

Usually solitary and highly territorial.

Diet

They often cling to flowers when foraging for nectar in the canopy.

Breeding

They construct a cup-shaped nest from moss and lichen. The clutch consist of two eggs which are incubated by the female.

Gallery

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  Immature
  Photo © by NJLarsen
  Tapichalaca, Zamora-Chinchipe, SE Ecuador, 12 June 2019

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  Photo © by Stanley Jones
  Amazonas, Abra Patricia Reserve, Owlet Lodge, Peru, January 2017

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
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
4. Heynen, I. & Boesman, P. (2019). Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/55545 on 2 August 2019).

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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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