Black-throated brilliant

The black-throated brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Black-throated brilliant
Female from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Heliodoxa
Species:
H. schreibersii
Binomial name
Heliodoxa schreibersii
(Bourcier, 1847)

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Heliodoxa schreibersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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