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Violet-fronted brilliant

Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier, 1843)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.4 g to 7.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri)
Photo: Joseph C Boone · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the violet-fronted brilliant

Weight
6.4 g – 7.6 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

Photos of the violet-fronted brilliant

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Violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri)
Ana Agreda, Aves y Conservación · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the violet-fronted brilliant live?

Not recorded

What is the violet-fronted brilliant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Violet-fronted brilliant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Violet-fronted_brilliant&oldid=1376294415), 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.

Is the violet-fronted brilliant endangered?

The violet-fronted 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 violet-fronted brilliant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusHeliodoxa
  7. SpeciesHeliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier, 1843)

Synonyms Leadbeatera grata, Trochilus leadbeateri

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • colibrí diamant de front violaciCatalan
  • kolibřík fialovočelýCzech
  • sïedn gloyw talcenfioledWelsh
  • Violetpandet BrillantDanish
  • Violettstirn-BrillantkolibriGerman
  • VeilchenstirnbrillantGerman
  • violfrunta brilkolibroEsperanto
  • Brillante frentivioletaSpanish
  • Brillante de Frente VioletaSpanish
  • violettisäihkykolibriFinnish
  • Brillant à front violetFrench
  • ljubičastočela smaragdnicaCroatian
  • Brillante fronteviolaItalian
  • スミレビタイテリハチドリJapanese
  • violetakaktis žvilgusis kolibrisLithuanian
  • VioletborstbriljantkolibrieDutch
  • blåpannebriljantNorwegian
  • brylancik modroczelnyPolish
  • brilhante-de-testa-violetaPortuguese
  • brilhante-de-fronte-violetaPortuguese
  • Фиолетоволобый бриллиантRussian
  • briliantovec modročelýSlovak
  • Ljubičastočeli brilijantni kolibriSerbian
  • violettpannad briljantSwedish
  • Mor Alınlı PırıltıTurkish
  • колібрі-діамант фіолетоволобийUkrainian
  • 紫額輝蜂鳥Chinese
  • 紫额辉蜂鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the violet-fronted 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 violet-fronted brilliant?

An adult violet-fronted brilliant weighs 6.4 g – 7.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the violet-fronted brilliant endangered?

The violet-fronted 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 violet-fronted brilliant?

The violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) 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). Violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/violet-fronted-brilliant

MLA

“Violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/violet-fronted-brilliant.

BibTeX
@misc{violet_fronted_brilliant_2026,
  title = {Violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/violet-fronted-brilliant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}