Velvet-browed brilliant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Heliodoxa |
| Species: | H. xanthogonys
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| Heliodoxa xanthogonys | |
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The velvet-browed brilliant (Heliodoxa xanthogonys) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The species is found in Venezuela, central regions, mostly east of the Orinoco River, and in the east with Guyana, and in the small border region of Brazil, intersecting with Guyana and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Heliodoxa xanthogonys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687718A93165729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687718A93165729.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Heliodoxa
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds described in 1882
- Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
- Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
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