Black-throated Brilliant vs Empress Brilliant

Heliodoxa schreibersii compared with Heliodoxa imperatrix

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Brilliant	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 same	Heliodoxa	Heliodoxa
Species	Heliodoxa schreibersii	Heliodoxa imperatrix

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-throated Brilliant and Empress Brilliant share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Heliodoxa.

View Genus: Heliodoxa

Conservation Status

Black-throated Brilliant

LC — Least Concern

Empress Brilliant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Brilliant	Empress Brilliant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-throated Brilliant

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Empress Brilliant

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Black-throated Brilliant

The Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) is a species in the genus Heliodoxa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

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.