Empress brilliant
| Empress brilliant | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Heliodoxa |
| Species: | H. imperatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliodoxa imperatrix Gould, 1856 | |
The empress brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Heliodoxa imperatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Empress Brillian videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Photo-High Res; Article chandra.as.utexas.edu–"Birds of Ecuador"
- Photo; Article mindobirds
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