- Boissonneaua jardini
Identification
11–12·7 cm (4¼-5 in)
- Bright blue and coppery green on back and wings
- Deep violet belly
- Purple crown and breast
- Black throat
- Cinnamon underwing coverts (just visible on the folded wing)
- Forked tail
- Black upperside
- Whitish underside (outer tail feathers pale bordered black)
- Straight black bill
Female similar but duller, tail less strongly forked.
Distribution
South America: found in the western Andes of south-western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical wet and humid forests and edges, often where trees are covered in epiphytes[2].
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of nectar and insects, which are caught by hawking.
Breeding
They are generally considered to breed from January to March but a nest with young was seen in Colombia during September. A cup-shaped nest is built from moss and lichen, and is placed on a horizontal branch or thin fork. The clutch consists of 2 eggs which are incubated by the female.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Velvet-purple Coronet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Velvet-purple_Coronet
