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Fawn-breasted brilliant

Heliodoxa rubinoides (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 7.6 g to 8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)
Photo: The Lilac Breasted Roller from Sullivan's Island, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fawn-breasted brilliant

Weight
7.6 g – 8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fawn-breasted brilliant live?

Not recorded

What is the fawn-breasted brilliant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) is a medium-sized species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Other common names include lilac-throated brilliant in English and brillante pechigamuza, colibrí de vientre ocre, and diamante pechigamuza in Spanish.

From the Wikipedia article “Fawn-breasted brilliant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fawn-breasted_brilliant&oldid=1367388638), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the fawn-breasted brilliant sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the fawn-breasted brilliant endangered?

The fawn-breasted brilliant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the fawn-breasted brilliant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusHeliodoxa
  7. SpeciesHeliodoxa rubinoides (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

Synonyms Trochilus rubinoides

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • colibrí diamant de pit terrósCatalan
  • kolibřík hnědobřichýCzech
  • sïedn gloyw gyddflelogWelsh
  • Lillastrubet BrillantDanish
  • Braunbauch-BrillantkolibriGerman
  • BraunbauchbrillantGerman
  • brunventra brilkolibroEsperanto
  • Brillante pechigamuzaSpanish
  • Brillante de Pecho AnteadoSpanish
  • keltasäihkykolibriFinnish
  • Brillant rubinoïdeFrench
  • andski kolibrićCroatian
  • Brillante pettobrunoItalian
  • チャムネテリハチドリJapanese
  • rudakrūtis žvilgusis kolibrisLithuanian
  • BruinborstbriljantkolibrieDutch
  • brunbrystbriljantNorwegian
  • brylancik rubinowyPolish
  • brilhante-fulvoPortuguese
  • beija-flor-brilhante-fulvoPortuguese
  • brilhante-de-peito-fulvoPortuguese
  • Буробрюхий бриллиантRussian
  • briliantovec hnedkastýSlovak
  • Žutogrudi brilijantni kolibriSerbian
  • rosastrupig briljantSwedish
  • Füme Rengi PırıltıTurkish
  • колібрі-діамант рубіновогорлийUkrainian
  • 棕胸辉蜂鸟Chinese
  • 麂胸輝蜂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the fawn-breasted brilliant

Other species in the same genus Heliodoxa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the fawn-breasted brilliant?

An adult fawn-breasted brilliant weighs 7.6 g – 8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fawn-breasted brilliant endangered?

The fawn-breasted brilliant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the fawn-breasted brilliant?

The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fawn-breasted-brilliant

MLA

“Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fawn-breasted-brilliant.

BibTeX
@misc{fawn_breasted_brilliant_2026,
  title = {Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fawn-breasted-brilliant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}