Listen to the fawn-breasted brilliant
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About the fawn-breasted brilliant
The fawn-breasted brilliant is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 8 g.
What does the fawn-breasted brilliant sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) is a medium-sized species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Other common names include lilac-throated brilliant in English and brillante pechigamuza, colibrí de vientre ocre, and diamante pechigamuza in Spanish.
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White-booted racket-tail
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Frequently asked questions
What does a fawn-breasted brilliant sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the fawn-breasted brilliant on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the fawn-breasted brilliant endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the fawn-breasted brilliant as “least concern”.
What family does the fawn-breasted brilliant belong to?
The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Cerro Plateado camp 2, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q281002 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Fawn-breasted brilliant – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by The Lilac Breasted Roller from Sullivan's Island, United States – CC BY 2.0