Velvet-browed Brilliant
- Scientific name
- Heliodoxa xanthogonys
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Pointed
- Tail shape
- Notched
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Why it matters
The Velvet-browed Brilliant (*Heliodoxa xanthogonys*) is a rare hummingbird species native to the unique, high-altitude tepui ecosystems of the Guiana Highlands. Collectors and ornithologists prize this species for its distinctively pointed wings and notched tail, which facilitate its specialized flight patterns within the mist-shrouded forests of its isolated habitat.
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About Velvet-browed Brilliant
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