Boissonneaua jardini (Velvet-purple Coronet)
Boissonneaua jardini (Bourcier, 1851)
10-11 cm Short (2 cm), straight bill. Forehead, throat and most of the belly iridescent purple; head black; nape, part of the mantle and various parts of the breast and belly velvety. Iridescent greenish turquoise above; underwing coverts and bend of the wing rufous ochraceous. Square tail almost…
