Velvet-purple coronet
| Velvet-purple coronet | |
|---|---|
| in northwestern Ecuador | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Boissonneaua |
| Species: | B. jardini |
| Binomial name | |
| Boissonneaua jardini (Bourcier, 1851) | |
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The velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.