Birds of Venezuela

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Genus: Boissonneaua (1 species, 3 worldwide)


Buff-tailed Coronet
Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens)
Minga Ecolodge, Cali, Colombia
  Note buff (light beige) on inside of tail. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Sometimes has big white puffs around thighs like a puffleg hummingbird (western race only?). Often lifts wings after landing. Comes to feeders.
Side view.
Fighting.
An individual with large leg 'puffs'.

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