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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
21/05/2024 10:25:25 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Violet-fronted Brilliant*
Id (Atlas):
Heliodoxa leadbeateri
Description (10 )
Violet-fronted Brilliant
© flickr.com
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.
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)... )
Listen to XC764493
Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri ) [XC764493 ]
by Sebastian K. Herzog from Plataforma, San Martin, Peru (call)
Listen to XC260493
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Violet-fronted Brilliant see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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