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Buff-tailed Coronet
ILCE 7RM4, 1/2000sec, f/4.0, ISO 1600
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I always thought a Coronet was a Dodge. 
Thanks for bringing us these beautiful bird photos.
but "buff tailed?" His wings are buff, maybe, but his tail isn't, at least not in this photo.
"Buff" is a seldom-used word today; I've seen it only in reference to uniforms in the American Revolution. "Buff" is how they describe George Washington's pants.
The sixty or so different bird species that include this ubiquitous color in their common names represent just the tip of the yellow-brown plumage iceberg.
Buff adorns bands, bars, bellies, breasts, bridles, brows, cheeks, chests, collars, crests, faces, fronts, heads, necks, rumps, shoulders, spots, streaks, tails, throats, vents, and wings. From owls and woodpeckers to sandpipers and rails to a handsome host of passerines, most bird families have some relatives daubed with buff.
https://www.10000birds.com/color-me-buff.htm
Buff adorns bands, bars, bellies, breasts, bridles, brows, cheeks, chests, collars, crests, faces, fronts, heads, necks, rumps, shoulders, spots, streaks, tails, throats, vents, and wings. From owls and woodpeckers to sandpipers and rails to a handsome host of passerines, most bird families have some relatives daubed with buff.
https://www.10000birds.com/color-me-buff.htm