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[[Image:Green-crowned Brilliant juvenile Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo of juvenile by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />[[Alajuela Province]], [[Costa Rica]], March, 2007]] | [[Image:Green-crowned Brilliant juvenile Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo of juvenile by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />[[Alajuela Province]], [[Costa Rica]], March, 2007]] | ||
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Revision as of 07:10, 2 July 2012
- Heliodoxa jacula
Identification
13cm
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[1]
Three subspecies are recognized:
- H. j. henryi:
- Costa Rica and western Panama
- H. j. jacula:
- H. j. jamesoni:
Habitat
Humid montane forests
Behaviour
Regularly seen at feeders.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-crowned Brilliant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 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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