Hummingbirds

Black-throated Brilliant

Heliodoxa schreibersii

The Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) is a 9.2 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

9.2 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.

Where to see it: WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru).

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist