Velvet-browed brilliant

The velvet-browed brilliant (Heliodoxa xanthogonys) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The species is found in Venezuela, central regions, mostly east of the Orinoco River, and in the east with Guyana, and in the small border region of Brazil, intersecting with Guyana and Venezuela.

Velvet-browed brilliant

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Heliodoxa
Species:
H. xanthogonys
Binomial name
Heliodoxa xanthogonys
Salvin & Godman, 1882

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Heliodoxa xanthogonys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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