Heliodoxa
Appearance
Heliodoxa | |
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male green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: | Heliodoxa Gould, 1850 |
Species | |
9, see text |
Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It contains the following species:
- Gould's jewelfront, Heliodoxa aurescens
- Fawn-breasted brilliant, Heliodoxa rubinoides
- Violet-fronted brilliant, Heliodoxa leadbeateri
- Velvet-browed brilliant, Heliodoxa xanthogonys
- Black-throated brilliant, Heliodoxa schreibersii
- Pink-throated brilliant, Heliodoxa gularis
- Rufous-webbed brilliant, Heliodoxa branickii
- Empress brilliant, Heliodoxa imperatrix
- Green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula