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 Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 7 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A female perched in the rain Locality Los Colibríes, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2005 7 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A female at a feeder Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 7 years ago 9 sec 4 -
A male perched on a branch in the rain Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 7 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A male on a feeder Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 7 years ago 24 sec 4 -
Some males landing on and flying from a branch Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp jamesoni)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 3.8
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Male Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) as identified in Panama.
Locality El Cope, Panama Province, Panama
Octavio Rios 12 December 2005 2 years ago 3.3 -
FEMALE PERCHED
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
ANTHONY VILLAUME 1 March 2012 45 weeks ago 3.3 -
A perched male stretching.
Locality Santa Marta de Quebradas, Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 23 August 2011 1 year ago 3.1 -
A bird perched close to the feeders
Locality San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 10 February 2012 42 weeks ago 3 -
Adult female Green-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) in the hand, mistnetted
Locality Las Cruces Biological Station, San Vito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Fred Werner 1 March 2002 3 years ago 3 -
A female resting on a feeder.
Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
Carmelo López 15 March 2004 3 years ago 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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