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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderApodiformes
  5. FamilyTrochilidae
Observations recorded137,351

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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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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