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Velvet-browed Brilliant
Heliodoxa xanthogonys Salvin & Godman, 1882
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Velvet-browed Brilliant, Heliodoxa xanthogonys, is a hummingbird of the tepuis in South America, with breeding records from Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. It was described by Salvin & Godman in 1882. The nominate form occurs where Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil meet, with a few records from Suriname, while H. x. williardi is found farther south on the tepuis along the southern Venezuela-northern Brazil border. It lives in sub-montane forest, including interior areas, edges, clearings and scrublands, mostly between 700 and 2,000 m, though it has been recorded at 500 m.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: tepuis
