Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Heliodoxa
 
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides

Thomas S. Schulenberg, Dennis Arendt, and Carolyn W. Sedgwick
Version: 1.0 — Published March 29, 2013

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Introduction

Fawn-breasted Brilliant is a medium sized hummingbird, and is mostly cinnamon below with a small pink throat patch; the pink throat may be reduced on the female, however. Most species of brilliant occupy humid montane forests, and Fawn-breasted Brilliant is no exception; it occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. These hummingbirds usually are solitary and spend the majority of their time in the lower to mid levels of cloud forest interior, although they sometimes venture to shaded forest borders or open habitats.

Distribution of the Fawn-breasted Brilliant - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S., D. Arendt, and C. W. Sedgwick (2013). Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.fabbri1.01