Hummingbirds

Green-crowned Brilliant

Heliodoxa jacula

The Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) is an 8.1 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

8.1 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama.

Where to see it: El Pangán ProAves reserve (Colombia); Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa (Sergio y Doris) (Ecuador); Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre (Costa Rica); Rancho Naturalista (Costa Rica); Refugio Paz de las Aves (Angel Paz) (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Aitor via iNaturalist