Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)

Other Names (World)
Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Penny-throated Hummingbird, Lilac-throated Hummingbird, Lilac-breasted Brilliant

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,700 - 2,650 m, occasionally down to 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, 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 (26)...)

Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) [XC117852]
by Martin St-Michel from Parque Municipal Campoalegre, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda, Colombia (song)

Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) [XC27781]
by Daniel Lane from ACP Abra Patricia-Alto Nieva, San Mart\u00edn, Peru (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rubinoides (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - Central and eastern Andes of Colombia.
aequatorialis (Gould, 1860) - Western slope of Andes in Colombia and Ecuador.
cervinigularis (Salvin, 1892) - Eastern slope of Andes in Ecuador and Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) - 10 files

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