---
title: "Brazilian Ruby"
description: "Heliodoxa rubricauda — Vogels. The Brazilian ruby (Heliodoxa rubricauda) is a species of hummingbird in the \"brilliants\", tribe Heliantheini, in the subfamily Lesbiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brazilian-ruby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brazilian Ruby

> Heliodoxa rubricauda — Vogels. The Brazilian ruby (Heliodoxa rubricauda) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini, in the subfamily Lesbiinae.

- Scientific name: *Heliodoxa rubricauda*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1104
- iNaturalist taxon: [1434991](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1434991)

## Names

- en: Brazilian Ruby
- de: Rubinkolibri
- es: Colibrí Colirrojo
- fr: Colibri rubis-émeraude

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1077)

## Summary

The Brazilian ruby (Heliodoxa rubricauda) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini, in the subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Brazil.

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

## Photo

![Brazilian Ruby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brazilian-ruby/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335421066

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brazilian-ruby?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).