Empress Brilliant vs Formosan Serow

Heliodoxa imperatrix compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Empress Brilliant	Formosan Serow
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Trochilidae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Heliodoxa	Capricornis
Species	Heliodoxa imperatrix	Capricornis swinhoei

Evolutionary Relationship

Empress Brilliant and Formosan Serow share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Empress Brilliant

LC — Least Concern

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Empress Brilliant	Formosan Serow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Empress Brilliant

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.