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[[Image:Green-crowned_Brilliant.jpg|thumb|350px|right|'''Male'''<br /> Photo by {{user|edenwatcher|edenwatcher}} <br />Buenaventura, [[Ecuador]]]]
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[[Image:Green-crowned_Brilliant.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male<br /> Photo &copy; by {{user|edenwatcher|edenwatcher}} <br />Buenaventura, [[Ecuador]], March 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Heliodoxa|Heliodoxa]] jacula
 
;[[:Category:Heliodoxa|Heliodoxa]] jacula
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13cm<br />
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12–13 cm<br />
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[[Dictionary_G-L#I|Iridescent]] green plumage. The male has a blue throat spot. Both sexes have white [[Dictionary_M-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.  
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[[Dictionary_G-L#I|Iridescent]] green plumage. The male has a (purplish) blue throat spot (often difficult to see). Male bill medium length but very straight with minimal curvature. Feathering extends forwards from the bill base. It frequently raises these upper feathers—those from the upper mandible to just in front of the eye. Female bill generally slightly curved. 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 colour varies with location in males.
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==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==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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[[Image:Hummer Green-crowned Brilliant female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br />Northern [[Ecuador]], October 2009]]
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Three subspecies are recognized:
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====Subspecies====
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Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''H. j. henryi'':  
 
*''H. j. henryi'':  
 
:*[[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]]
 
:*[[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]]
 
*''H. j. jacula'':  
 
*''H. j. jacula'':  
 
:*Eastern [[Panama]] and Andes of [[Colombia]]
 
:*Eastern [[Panama]] and Andes of [[Colombia]]
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*''H. j. jamesoni'':  
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*''H. j. jamersoni'':  
 
:*Andes of south-western [[Colombia]] and western [[Ecuador]]
 
:*Andes of south-western [[Colombia]] and western [[Ecuador]]
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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]]
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Humid montane forests
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Wet subtropical and montane forests and forest edges. Observed at heights around 6000 ft.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Regularly seen at feeders.
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[[Image:Green-crowned Brilliant juvenile Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />Alajuela Province, [[Costa Rica]], March,  2007]]
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of nectar taken from long flower bracts from vines such as ''Marcgravia''. Regularly seen at feeders.
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====Vocalisation====
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A repetitive ''kyew''.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
 
#BF Member observations
 
#BF Member observations
 
# 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
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
 
{{ref}}
 
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Image:IMG 4771bf.jpg|Photo by {{user|Jim+Crosswell|Jim Crosswell}}<br />Finca Oro, [[Costa Rica]], January 2009
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Image:IMG 4771bf.jpg|Photo &copy; by {{user|Jim+Crosswell|Jim Crosswell}}<br />Finca Oro, [[Costa Rica]], January 2009
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Image:Selva 062.jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}}<br />[[Costa Rica]], September 2009 <br />Click on photos to enlarge
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Image:Selva 062.jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}}<br />[[Costa Rica]], September 2009 <br />Click on photos to enlarge
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Heliodoxa+jacula}}   
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{{GSearch|"Heliodoxa jacula" {{!}} "Green-crowned Brilliant"}}   
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Heliodoxa]][[Category:Videos]]
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Latest revision as of 15:22, 7 June 2023

Male
Photo © by edenwatcher
Buenaventura, Ecuador, March 2006
Heliodoxa jacula

Identification

12–13 cm
Iridescent green plumage. The male has a (purplish) blue throat spot (often difficult to see). Male bill medium length but very straight with minimal curvature. Feathering extends forwards from the bill base. It frequently raises these upper feathers—those from the upper mandible to just in front of the eye. Female bill generally slightly curved. 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 colour varies with location in males.

Distribution

Found in Central America and South America: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Female
Photo © by rdavis
Northern Ecuador, October 2009

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • H. j. henryi:
  • H. j. jacula:
  • H. j. jamersoni:

Habitat

Wet subtropical and montane forests and forest edges. Observed at heights around 6000 ft.

Behaviour

Juvenile
Photo © by Stanley Jones
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

  1. 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/
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations
  4. Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
  5. Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
  6. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

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External Links

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