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Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)

SourceJoseph C Boone · Wikimedia Commons

BS-0083

Green-crowned Brilliant

Heliodoxa jacula

Green-crowned Brilliant adult males have predominantly iridescent green plumage, with particularly bright green on the crown and breast and a more bronzy green back. The wings are dusky, the green underparts are largely unmarked, and the dark blue-black tail is distinctly forked. A small violet-blue feather patch on the lower throat contrasts with the surrounding glittering green feathers.

Family
Trochilidae
Region
Central America & Caribbean
Range
Central America
Habitat
Mountain Forest
Dominant color
Green
Conservation status
Least Concern

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