Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) - HBW 5, p. 616
French: Brillant à gorge noire
German: Schwarzkehl-Brilliantkolibri
Spanish: Brillante Ventrinegro
Taxonomy: Trochilus Schreibersii Bourcier, 1847, upper Rio Negro, Brazil.
Formerly isolated in monospecific genus Ionolaima. Probably closely related to H. aurescens. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- schreibersii (Bourcier, 1847) - SE Colombia, E Ecuador and NE Peru (N of Amazon) to extreme NW Amazonian Brazil (upper R Negro).
- whitelyana (Gould, 1872) - E Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Singing !!!
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 31 October 2011 27 weeks ago 4.4 -
On a branch
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 30 October 2011 28 weeks ago 4 -
A female perched in the understory beside a stream through terra firme forest.
Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador (ssp schreibersii)
Scott Olmstead 10 May 2007 2 years ago 2.5
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