Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Velvet-browed Brilliant (Heliodoxa xanthogonys) - HBW 5, p. 615
French: Brillant à couronne verte
German: Grüner Brilliantkolibri
Spanish: Brillante de Tepui
Taxonomy: Heliodoxa xanthogonys Salvin and Godman, 1882, Merumé Mountains, Guyana.
Southern populations apparently represent a separate race; scientific description currently in preparation. Monotypic.
Distribution: Highlands and tepuis of S & E Venezuela, Guyana and NC Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual feeding, looking to the camera once Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2007 4 years ago 6 sec 3.4 -
A bird on a branch, flying and returning Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 28 February 2007 4 years ago 35 sec 3.1
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An individual feeding at a flowering bush (higher resoluion available upon request)
Locality Escalera Road, Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 31 July 2010 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.4 -
Bird hiding in a bush
Locality Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Jim Watt 8 March 2008 3 years ago 3.3 -
Bird perched in front of feeding bush
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 1 October 2008 3 years ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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