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Velvet-purple Coronet

Boissonneaua jardin

Photo by Cody.conway
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Field Notes

Description:

The Velvet-purple Coronet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid foothill forest on the West Andean slope in western Colombia and north-western Ecuador

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Thanks guys! This is a Choco endemic, and only found in the choco cloud forests of Columbia and Ecuador.
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PublishedMay 25, 2013

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