Buff-bellied Hummingbird vs Empress Brilliant

Amazilia yucatanensis compared with Heliodoxa imperatrix

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-bellied Hummingbird	Empress Brilliant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family same	Trochilidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Amazilia	Heliodoxa
Species	Amazilia yucatanensis	Heliodoxa imperatrix

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff-bellied Hummingbird and Empress Brilliant share a common ancestor at the Family level: Trochilidae.

View Family: Trochilidae

Conservation Status

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

LC — Least Concern

Empress Brilliant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-bellied Hummingbird	Empress Brilliant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Empress Brilliant

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

The Buff-Bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis) is a species in the genus Amazilia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Empress Brilliant

A large, brilliantly colored hummingbird of humid Andean forests in Colombia and Ecuador, male empress brilliants are among the most striking hummingbirds with iridescent green and violet plumage and glittering scales across their throat and breast. Found at elevations between 1,000–2,100 meters in cloud forest. Named in honor of Empress Eugenie of France, these powerful birds aggressively defend territory around flowering trees. Listed as Least Concern with stable populations in remaining Andean forest.