---
title: "Empress Brilliant"
description: "Heliodoxa imperatrix — Birds. The empress brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix) is a species of hummingbird in the \"brilliants\", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/empress-brilliant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Empress Brilliant

> Heliodoxa imperatrix — Birds. The empress brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae.

- Scientific name: *Heliodoxa imperatrix*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1016
- Wikidata: [Q513226](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513226)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5919](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5919)

## Names

- en: Empress Brilliant
- de: Rotstern-Brillantkolibri
- es: Brillante Emperador
- fr: Brillant impératrice
- nl: Keizerinbriljantkolibrie
- pl: Brylancik cesarski

## Countries with the most observations

EC (535), CO (407)

## Summary

The empress brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_brilliant

## Photo

![Empress Brilliant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/empress-brilliant/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200010917

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/empress-brilliant?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).