Brazilian Ruby
Heliodoxa rubricauda(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Brazilian Ruby
The Brazilian Ruby (Heliodoxa rubricauda) 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: southeastern Brazil (Goiás and Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Heliodoxa rubricauda
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brazilian Ruby
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus rubricauda
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Brazil; based exclusively on Daubenton, PI. enlum. 276, f. 4, restricted type locality, Rio de Janeiro.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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