Empress Brilliant
Heliodoxa imperatrix(Gould, J, 1856)
English (US) Empress Brilliant
The Empress Brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Pacific slope of southwestern Colombia to northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Heliodoxa imperatrix
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Empress Brilliant
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1856)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Eugenia imperatrix
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1856)
- Type locality
- Andean forests in the neighborhood of Quito.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.23, no.296 p.192
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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