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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Heliodoxa

Violet-fronted Brilliant

Heliodoxa leadbeateri

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vifbri1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Heliodoxa

Subspecies (4)

Heliodoxa leadbeateri leadbeateri

coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Falcón to Carabobo and Miranda)
Heliodoxa leadbeateri otero

Andes of central Peru to northwestern Bolivia
Heliodoxa leadbeateri parvula

Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela
Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta

Andes of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vifbri1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.