Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)

Other Names (World)
Green-crowned Brilliant, Green-fronted Brilliant

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
Male: 12 - 13 cm
Female: 10.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1850

Habitat
Wet montane forests including edges, gaps and tall secondary growth. From 700 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama.

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 (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) [XC9810]
by Allen T. Chartier from Upper road, near Pinas, El Oro, Ecuador (call)

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) [XC831753]
by rudy gelis from Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Parroquia Nanegalito, Nueva Granada, Hacienda Los Yumbos, Ecuador (song)

Nest
A bulky cup composed of plant fibres and scales of tree ferns saddled on a thin downsloping branch.

Eggs (Guide)
2; white; 16.5 x 11 mm. Incubation: by female.

Subspecies
Subspecies jamesoni often spelt jamersoni, due to a typographical error present in original description.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

henryi Lawrence, 1867 - Costa Rica and western Panama.
jacula Gould, 1850 - Extreme eastern Panama to northern and central Colombia.
jamersoni (Bourcier, 1851) - Andes of south-western Colombia and western Ecuador.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) - 10 files

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