---
title: "Velvet-purple Coronet"
description: "Boissonneaua jardini — Uccelli. The velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) is a species of hummingbird in the \"brilliants\", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/velvet-purple-coronet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Velvet-purple Coronet

> Boissonneaua jardini — Uccelli. The velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae.

- Scientific name: *Boissonneaua jardini*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1938
- Wikidata: [Q944609](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944609)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6446](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6446)

## Names

- en: Velvet-purple Coronet
- de: Hyazinthkolibri
- es: Colibrí Sietecolores
- fr: Colibri de Jardine
- pl: Amorek szafirowy

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1408), CO (457)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet-purple_coronet

## Photo

![Velvet-purple Coronet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/velvet-purple-coronet/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333072514

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/velvet-purple-coronet?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).