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title: "Fawn-breasted Brilliant"
description: "Heliodoxa rubinoides — Uccelli. The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) is a medium-sized species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fawn-breasted-brilliant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fawn-breasted Brilliant

> Heliodoxa rubinoides — Uccelli. The fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) is a medium-sized species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

- Scientific name: *Heliodoxa rubinoides*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2183
- Wikidata: [Q281002](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281002)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5921](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5921)

## Names

- en: Fawn-breasted Brilliant
- de: Braunbauch-Brillantkolibri
- es: Brillante Pechigamuza
- fr: Brillant rubinoïde
- nl: Bruinborstbriljantkolibrie
- pt: Beija-flor-brilhante-fulvo
- pl: Brylancik rubinowy

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1511), CO (402), PE (51)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Fawn-breasted Brilliant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fawn-breasted-brilliant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149760464

## Machine access

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