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green-crowned brilliant

Heliodoxa jacula

Photo by Jeff Dreier
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Field Notes

Description:

The male averages 13 cm in length. His plumage is mostly bronze-green with a glittering green crown, forehead, throat and chest. He has white spot behind the eye, a small violet throat patch, white thighs, and a deeply forked blue-black tail.

Habitat:

Moist montane forests

Notes:

Seen at feeders with violet sabrewing, purple-throated mountain-gem, and coppery-headed emeralds.

Reference Links:

Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbirds

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