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Boissonneaua
Sign in to saveBoissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru. They have a straight black bill, contrasting outer rectrices, and a distinctive habit of quickly lifting both wings up shortly after landing, thereby revealing their rufous underwing coverts.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
Boissonneaua est un genre de colibris (famille des Trochilidae) comprenant trois espèces présentes au nord-ouest de l'Amérique du Sud (Colombie, Équateur). Ce genre a été nommé en hommage à Auguste Boissonneau. Liste des espèces Selon la classification de référence du Congrès ornithologique international (version 2.10, 2011)[1] et ITIS (1 déc. 2011)[2] : Boissonneaua flavescens (Loddiges, 1832) Boissonneaua jardini (Bourcier, 1851) Boissonneaua matthewsii (Bourcier, 1847) Notes et références ↑ Congrès ornithologique international, version 2.10, 2011 ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), www.itis.gov, CC0 https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KH0KBK, consulté le 1 déc. 2011
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Ecuador
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Boissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru. They have a straight black bill, contrasting outer rectrices, and a distinctive habit of quickly lifting both wings up shortly after landing, thereby revealing their rufous underwing coverts.
==Species== The genus contains three species:
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