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 showing its throat patch on a branch and then at a feeder Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Peter Nash 21 March 2002 6 years ago 13 sec 3.7 -
A male on a branch Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 7 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A female resting on a branch Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 7 years ago 17 sec 3.7 -
A female resting on a branch Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 7 years ago 6 sec 3.7 -
A close-up of a male Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 7 years ago 2 sec 3.6 -
A male perched on a branch at dusk. Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia (ssp jacula)
Keith Blomerley 29 October 2012 17 weeks ago 21 sec 3.5
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A female perching on a twig
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 30 September 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Female perched.
Locality Mirador Catarata, Chinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Georges Olioso 9 December 2004 4 years ago 3 -
Green-fronted Brilliant (aka Green-crowned Brilliant)juvenile at Selvatura Park, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp henryi)
Ron Flemal 21 January 2010 3 years ago 2.8 -
A female perched on a branch.
Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
Carmelo López 15 March 2004 3 years ago 2.8 -
A sitting female
Locality Chinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Rainer Mönke 25 March 2004 3 years ago 2.7 -
A male perched on a tree.
Locality Las Quebradas Biological Center, Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 9 September 2009 3 years ago 2.3
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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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