Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From 400 - 1,100 m, occasionally up to 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) [XC262883]
by Jonas Nilsson from Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutuc\u00fa, Ecuador (alarm call, alarm calls)

Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) [XC609631]
by Roger Ahlman from Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Formerly isolated in monospecific genus Ionolaima. Probably closely related to Gould's Brilliant (Heliodoxa aurescens).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

schreibersii (Bourcier, 1847) - South-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru (north of Amazon) to extreme north-western Amazonian Brazil (upper R Negro).
whitelyana (Gould, 1872) - Eastern Peru. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Black-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa whitelyana).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) - 10 files

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