NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Green-crowned Brilliant
Heliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) is species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. It is also known as the green-fronted brilliant.
Wikipedia contributors, Green-crowned brilliant; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:57:49.257765+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Heliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850
- Name authority
- Gould, 1850
- Common name
- Green-crowned Brilliant
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Heliodoxa
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- subfamilyTrochilinae
- genusHeliodoxa Gould, 1850
- speciesHeliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Heliodoxa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Empress BrilliantHeliodoxa imperatrix (Gould, 1856) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa schreibersii (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Velvet-browed BrilliantHeliodoxa xanthogonys Salvin & Godman, 1882 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gould's JewelfrontHeliodoxa aurescens (Gould, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickii (Taczanowski, 1874) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa gularis (Gould, 1860) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fawn-breasted BrilliantHeliodoxa rubinoides (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=555205 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3KB7T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.