Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) [XC38438]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Guango lodge, Napo, Ecuador (song)
Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) [XC373168]
by Jerome Fischer from Reserva Rio Blanco, Aguas de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia (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.