Pink-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa gularis)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11.40 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1860)

Habitat
Humid montane forest and forest edge on outlying ridges. From 250 - 1,050 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B), Ecuador (B), Peru (B).

Eastern Andean foothills of southern Colombia, north-eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and extreme north-western Brazil.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradtion through clearance for agriculture and cattle pasture, low-intensity farming, tea and coffee growing, mining operations and logging, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Pink-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa gularis) [XC115498]
by Du\u0161an M. Brinkhuizen from Rio Bigal Reserve, Orellana, Ecuador (song)

Pink-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa gularis) [XC772100]
by Du\u0161an M. Brinkhuizen from Rio Bigal Biological Reserve, Orellana, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Formerly isolated in monospecific genus Agapeta. Probably closely related to Rufous-webbed Brilliant (Heliodoxa branickii).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pink-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa gularis) - 10 files

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