Violet-fronted brilliant
The violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found on the east slope of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Violet-fronted brilliant | |
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male in eastern Ecuador | |
female from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Heliodoxa |
Species: | H. leadbeateri |
Binomial name | |
Heliodoxa leadbeateri Bourcier, 1843 | |
Description
The male and female of this species are quite different (sexually dimorphic). Both sexes are metallic green above with a white postocular spot and a forked blue-black tail. The male has a glittering violet forecrown, a glittering green throat, and glittering blue-green breast. The belly is metallic green. The female has a glittering light blue forecrown and a white malar streak (a white streak from the base of the bill extending back below the eye). It is whitish below with green spots and with more solid greenish sides.
References
Ridgely, Robert S.; Greenfield, Paul J. (2001). The Birds of Ecuador. Cornell University Press
- BirdLife International (2012). "Heliodoxa leadbeateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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