Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Empress Brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix) - HBW 5, p. 616
French: Brillant impératrice
German: Rotstern-Brilliantkolibri
Spanish: Brillante Emperador
Other common names: Empress Eugenie’s Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Eugenia imperatrix Gould, 1856, Andean forests in the neighbourhood of Quito (probably Pacific slope).
Long segregated in monospecific genus Eugenia on the basis of its long, very deeply forked tail. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pacific slope from WC Colombia to NW Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male attracting the attention of at least two Violet-tailed Sylphs Locality Las Tangaras Nature Reserve, Choco Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 23 May 2012 7 weeks ago 40 sec 4.7 -
bird sitting on a branch Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Keith and Lynn Youngs 6 March 2013 10 weeks ago 27 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile male at a feeder Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 26 January 2008 4 years ago 10 sec 4.7 -
A male at a feeder, opening its tail Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 8 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A male flying repeatedly to and from a perch Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 13 November 2009 3 years ago 18 sec 4.5 -
A female at a feeder in the rain Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 8 years ago 28 sec 4.5
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Portrait of an adult male
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Rafael Merchante 13 November 2010 9 weeks ago 4.5 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 28 January 2007 4 years ago 4.4 -
On a branch
Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 24 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Adult male, seen from behind at eye-level, sitting on a mossy branch.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 7 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Male at feeder.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 22 December 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
Closeup of male at feeder showing throat and glistening breast.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 22 December 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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