Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) [XC11208]
by Andrew Spencer from Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)
Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) [XC219366]
by Niels Krabbe from Azulita area Merida, Venezuela (flight call)
Subspecies
Specimens at the south end of the range of nominate are similar in colour to tinochlora, but the subspecific distinction is still evident in the general coloration and the pattern of the tail-feather tips.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
flavescens (Loddiges, 1832) - Andes of north-western Venezuela (Mérida) and Colombia (all three ranges).
tinochlora Oberholser, 1902 - South-western Colombia and western Andean slope of Ecuador.