Heliodoxa | |
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male green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: |
Heliodoxa Gould, 1850 |
Type species | |
Trochilus leadbeateri (
violet-fronted brilliant)
Bourcier, 1843
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Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
The genus Heliodoxa was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould. [1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēlios meaning "sun" and doxa meaning "glory" or "magnificence". [2] The type species was subsequently designated by Charles Lucien Bonaparte as the violet-fronted brilliant. [3] [4]
The genus contains ten species: [5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Gould's jewelfront |
Heliodoxa aurescens (Gould, 1846) |
Brazil, central Ecuador and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Brazilian ruby |
Heliodoxa rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) |
Brazil(Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul)![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Fawn-breasted brilliant |
Heliodoxa rubinoides (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) Three subspecies
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Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Violet-fronted brilliant |
Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier, 1843) Four subspecies
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Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Velvet-browed brilliant |
Heliodoxa xanthogonys Salvin & Godman, 1882 Two subspecies
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Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Black-throated brilliant |
Heliodoxa schreibersii (Bourcier, 1847) Two subspecies
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Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Pink-throated brilliant
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Heliodoxa gularis (Gould, 1860) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Rufous-webbed brilliant
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Heliodoxa branickii (Taczanowski, 1874) |
Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Empress brilliant |
Heliodoxa imperatrix (Gould, 1856) |
Colombia and Ecuador![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Green-crowned brilliant |
Heliodoxa jacula (Gould, 1850) Three subspecies
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Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Heliodoxa | |
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male green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: |
Heliodoxa Gould, 1850 |
Type species | |
Trochilus leadbeateri (
violet-fronted brilliant)
Bourcier, 1843
|
Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
The genus Heliodoxa was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould. [1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēlios meaning "sun" and doxa meaning "glory" or "magnificence". [2] The type species was subsequently designated by Charles Lucien Bonaparte as the violet-fronted brilliant. [3] [4]
The genus contains ten species: [5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Gould's jewelfront |
Heliodoxa aurescens (Gould, 1846) |
Brazil, central Ecuador and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Brazilian ruby |
Heliodoxa rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) |
Brazil(Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul)![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Fawn-breasted brilliant |
Heliodoxa rubinoides (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) Three subspecies
|
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Violet-fronted brilliant |
Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier, 1843) Four subspecies
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Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Velvet-browed brilliant |
Heliodoxa xanthogonys Salvin & Godman, 1882 Two subspecies
|
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Black-throated brilliant |
Heliodoxa schreibersii (Bourcier, 1847) Two subspecies
|
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Pink-throated brilliant
|
Heliodoxa gularis (Gould, 1860) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Rufous-webbed brilliant
|
Heliodoxa branickii (Taczanowski, 1874) |
Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Empress brilliant |
Heliodoxa imperatrix (Gould, 1856) |
Colombia and Ecuador![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Green-crowned brilliant |
Heliodoxa jacula (Gould, 1850) Three subspecies
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Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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