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 LC    Violet-fronted Brilliant* Id (Atlas):
    Heliodoxa leadbeateri

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Violet-fronted Brilliant, Blue-crowned Brilliant


Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10.90 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 400 - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

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 (5)...)

 
Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) [XC238365]
     by Mitch Lysinger from Zamora-Chinchipe: R\u00edo Bombuscaro, Ecuador (song)

 
Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) [XC260493]
     by Lelis Navarrete from Napo: Cascada San Rafael ('Coca Falls'), Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Apparently closest to Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula). An intergeneric hybrid has been recorded with Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • leadbeateri (Bourcier, 1843)   -  Northern Venezuela in coastal mountains in Falcón, Yaracuy, Carabobo and Miranda.
  • parvula von Berlepsch, 1888   -  North-western Venezuela (Táchira, Mérida, Barinas, Trujillo) and north, central and southern Colombia (Serranía de Perijá and eastern Andes south to Macarena Mts, locally in Magdalena and Cauca Valleys, and possibly also northern end of central Andes).
  • sagitta (Reichenbach, 1854)   -  Eastern Ecuador and northern Peru.
  • otero (Tschudi, 1844)   -  Central and southern Peru and north-western Bolivia.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) - 10 files


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