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Chestnut-breasted coronet

Boissonneaua matthewsii (Bourcier, 1847)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The chestnut-breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.8 g to 7.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chestnut-breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
Photo: Joseph C Boone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chestnut-breasted coronet

Weight
6.8 g – 7.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chestnut-breasted coronet live?

Not recorded

What is the chestnut-breasted coronet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut-breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-breasted coronet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut-breasted_coronet&oldid=1371908289), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the chestnut-breasted coronet sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the chestnut-breasted coronet endangered?

The chestnut-breasted coronet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the chestnut-breasted coronet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusBoissonneaua
  7. SpeciesBoissonneaua matthewsii (Bourcier, 1847)

Synonyms Boissoneaua matthewsii, Panoplites matthewsi, Trochilus matthewsii

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • إكليل كستنائي الصدرArabic
  • colibrí de MatthewsCatalan
  • kolibřík peruánskýCzech
  • sïedn coronig bronwinauWelsh
  • Kastanjebrystet JuvelkolibriDanish
  • RotbauchkolibriGerman
  • ZimtschwanzkolibriGerman
  • kaŝtanbrusta kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí pechirrojoSpanish
  • Colibrí de Pecho CastañoSpanish
  • kastanjakolibriFinnish
  • Colibri de MatthewsFrench
  • Brillant de MatthewsFrench
  • kestenjastotrba smaragdnicaCroatian
  • Coronetto pettocastanoItalian
  • チャムネフチオハチドリJapanese
  • rudakrūtis vainikuotasis kolibrisLithuanian
  • Matthews' HoornkolibrieDutch
  • kastanjebrystkolibriNorwegian
  • amorek ognistyPolish
  • colibri-de-peito-ruivoPortuguese
  • beija-flor-de-peito-castanhoPortuguese
  • pukay llulli qintiQuechua
  • Каштановогрудый венценосецRussian
  • Каштановогрудый венценосный колибриRussian
  • ink gaštanovýSlovak
  • vienkar gaštanovýSlovak
  • Riđogrudi koronet kolibriSerbian
  • kastanjebröstad kolibriSwedish
  • Kızıl Karınlı KoronetTurkish
  • колібрі-коронет каштановогрудийUkrainian
  • 栗胸冕蜂鳥Chinese
  • 栗胸冕蜂鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the chestnut-breasted coronet

Other species in the same genus Boissonneaua.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chestnut-breasted coronet?

An adult chestnut-breasted coronet weighs 6.8 g – 7.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chestnut-breasted coronet endangered?

The chestnut-breasted coronet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the chestnut-breasted coronet?

The chestnut-breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chestnut-breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-breasted-coronet

MLA

“Chestnut-breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-breasted-coronet.

BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_breasted_coronet_2026,
  title = {Chestnut-breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-breasted-coronet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}