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| − | [[Image:Green-crowned_Brilliant.jpg|thumb|350px|right| | + | [[Image:Green-crowned_Brilliant.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male<br /> Photo by {{user|edenwatcher|edenwatcher}} <br />Buenaventura, [[Ecuador]], March 2006]] |
;[[:Category:Heliodoxa|Heliodoxa]] jacula | ;[[:Category:Heliodoxa|Heliodoxa]] jacula | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 12–13 cm<br /> | |
[[Dictionary_G-L#I|Iridescent]] green plumage. The male has a blue throat spot. Both sexes have white [[Dictionary_P-S#P|post-ocular]] spot. The female has white underside with green spots in streaks, and prominent white [[Topography#Heads|malar]] stripe. Juvenile has rufous chin and malar. Both sexes shows a forked tail, male more than female, and with white tail corners in female; tail color varies with location in males. | [[Dictionary_G-L#I|Iridescent]] green plumage. The male has a blue throat spot. Both sexes have white [[Dictionary_P-S#P|post-ocular]] spot. The female has white underside with green spots in streaks, and prominent white [[Topography#Heads|malar]] stripe. Juvenile has rufous chin and malar. Both sexes shows a forked tail, male more than female, and with white tail corners in female; tail color varies with location in males. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Found in [[Central America]] and [[South America]]: [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]]. | Found in [[Central America]] and [[South America]]: [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | [[Image:Hummer Green-crowned Brilliant female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br />Northern [[Ecuador]], October 2009]] | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
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*''H. j. jamersoni'': | *''H. j. jamersoni'': | ||
:*Andes of south-western [[Colombia]] and western [[Ecuador]] | :*Andes of south-western [[Colombia]] and western [[Ecuador]] | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Wet subtropical and montane forests and forest edges. Observed at heights around 6000 ft. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Regularly seen at feeders. | + | [[Image:Green-crowned Brilliant juvenile Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />Alajuela Province, [[Costa Rica]], March, 2007]] |
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet consists mostly of nectar taken from long flower bracts from vines such as ''Marcgravia''. Regularly seen at feeders. | ||
| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | A repetitive ''kyew''. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase | ||
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# Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9 | # Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9 | ||
# Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126 | # Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126 | ||
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014) | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Heliodoxa+jacula}} | {{GSearch|Heliodoxa+jacula}} | ||
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{{Video|Green_crowned+Brilliant}} | {{Video|Green_crowned+Brilliant}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Heliodoxa]][[Category:Videos]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Heliodoxa]][[Category:Videos]] | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 15 December 2014
- Heliodoxa jacula
Identification
12–13 cm
Iridescent green plumage. The male has a blue throat spot. Both sexes have white post-ocular spot. The female has white underside with green spots in streaks, and prominent white malar stripe. Juvenile has rufous chin and malar. Both sexes shows a forked tail, male more than female, and with white tail corners in female; tail color varies with location in males.
Distribution
Found in Central America and South America: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- H. j. henryi:
- Costa Rica and western Panama
- H. j. jacula:
- H. j. jamersoni:
Habitat
Wet subtropical and montane forests and forest edges. Observed at heights around 6000 ft.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of nectar taken from long flower bracts from vines such as Marcgravia. Regularly seen at feeders.
Vocalisation
A repetitive kyew.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
- Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-crowned Brilliant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-crowned_Brilliant
Photo by Jim Crosswell
Finca Oro, Costa Rica, January 2009
Juvenile
Photo by obasanmi
Costa Rica, September 2009
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