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.

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) [XC117843]
by Sergio C\u00f3rdoba C\u00f3rdoba (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Corregimiento de Bitaco, Finca Montebello, Chicoral, La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (song)

Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) [XC38792]
by Daniel Lane from Reserva Tapichalaca, Valladolid, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (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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