3, see text Boissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru.

They have a straight black bill, contrasting outer rectrices, and a distinctive habit of quickly lifting both wings up shortly after landing, thereby revealing their rufous underwing coverts.

The genus contains three species:[2]

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