Black-throated Brilliant - BirdForum Opus

Male, Subspecies schreibersii
Photo by edenwatcher
Copalinga Lodge, near Zamora,south-eastern Ecuador, March 2006

Heliodoxa schreibersii

Identification

11·5–13 cm (4½-5 in)

• Dark, almost straight, bill
  

Male

• Green forehead
• Purple upper breast

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Female, Subspecies schreibersii
Photo by mmdnje
Copalinga Lodge. Bombuscaro, Ecuador, December 2007

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• H. s. schreibersii:

• South-eastern Colombia to Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and north-western Amazonian Brazil

• H. s. whitelyana:

• Tropical eastern Peru

Habitat

Rain forests, tall humid forests and scrub. Observed at heights around 1,400 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar from flowering plants. They generally forage at heights about 2-4 m.

Breeding

The female incubates the two white eggs.

Gallery

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  Juvenile
  Photo by mmdnje
  Copalinga Lodge. Bombuscaro, Ecuador, December 2007

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Brilliant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Brilliant

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