Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) - HBW 5, p. 617
French: Brillant fer-de-lance
German: Grünstirn-Brilliantkolibri
Spanish: Brillante Coroniverde
Other common names: Green-crowned Brilliant
Taxonomy: Heliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
Race jamesoni often spelt jamersoni, due to a typographical error present in original description. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- henryi Lawrence, 1867 - Costa Rica and W Panama.
- jacula Gould, 1850 - extreme E Panama to N & C Colombia.
- jamesoni (Bourcier, 1851) - SW Colombia and W Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male at a feeder Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Peter Nash 21 March 2002 6 years ago 9 sec 4.1 -
A male at a feeding station Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Greg Baker 4 April 2001 1 year ago 38 sec 4 -
Bird at feeder Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 12 February 2011 1 year ago 13 sec 4 -
male at feeder Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
Martin Kennewell 15 April 2011 1 year ago 4 sec 4 -
Juvenile drinking on a artificial feeder Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Ferran Vaquero 28 August 2009 2 years ago 6 sec 4 -
A juvenile male perched. Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Richard Garrigues 25 August 2010 2 years ago 33 sec 4
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Front view of female
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
mark sutton 30 June 2005 3 years ago 3.5 -
Green-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 10 January 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male on a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 26 October 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Picture captured by Gustavo Morejón at the Buenaventura Ecological Reserve in the El Oro province, Ecuador.
Locality Ecuador
images4life.org 16 March 2007 4 years ago 3.4 -
A male perched.
Locality Poás Volcano National Park, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
suong le 2 July 2008 1 year ago 3.4 -
Female flying around feeders.
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 13 March 2013 5 weeks ago 3.3
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Song. Locality Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp jamesoni)
Nick Athanas 22 June 2003 3 years ago 4
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