Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
in Machu Picchu, Peru
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Boissonneaua
Species: B. matthewsii
Binomial name
Boissonneaua matthewsii
(Bourcier, 1847)

The Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid montane Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is generally easily recognized by its contrasting rufous underparts.

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