Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) - HBW 5, p. 615
French: Brillant à front violet
German: Violettstirn-Brilliantkolibri
Spanish: Brillante Frentivioleta
Other common names: Blue-crowned Brilliant
Taxonomy: Trochilus Leadbeateri Bourcier, 1843, Caracas, Venezuela.
Apparently closest to H. jacula. An intergeneric hybrid has been recorded between present species and Heliangelus clarisse. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leadbeateri (Bourcier, 1843) - N Venezuela in coastal mountains in Falcón, Yaracuy, Carabobo and Miranda.
- parvula Berlepsch, 1887 - NW Venezuela (Táchira, Mérida, Barinas, Trujillo) and N, C & S Colombia (Serranía de Perijá and E Andes S to Macarena Mts, locally in Magdalena and Cauca Valleys, and possibly also N end of C Andes).
- sagitta (Reichenbach, 1854) - E Ecuador and N Peru.
- otero (Tschudi, 1844) - C & S Peru and NW Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched and opening its wings Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp otero)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 4.9 -
A male on a branch, looking for a prey Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp otero)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A male on a branch, showing iridiscense and looking around Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp otero)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A male with its tongue out, opening its wings Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp otero)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2005 6 years ago 13 sec 4.1 -
three views of male near feeders Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp otero)
Martin Kennewell 2 September 2006 40 weeks ago 24 sec 4 -
A dorsal view of a female on a branch Locality Rancho Grande Biological Station, Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp leadbeateri)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 July 2003 4 years ago 59 sec 4
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On a branch
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 29 October 2011 28 weeks ago 4.3 -
A young male on a branch
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 30 October 2011 28 weeks ago 4 -
A female perched on a branch
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp leadbeateri)
Eduardo López 6 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A male perched on a branch; Ave sobre una rama.
Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
José M. Formentí 25 July 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A male perched on a branch
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp leadbeateri)
Eduardo López 6 June 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
Lateral view of perched female
Locality Miranda State, Venezuela (ssp leadbetteri)
Mikko Pyhälä 21 November 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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Song from a perched male. Locality Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(ssp sagitta)
Nick Athanas 28 January 2003 2 years ago 3
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