Green-crowned brilliant
| Green-crowned brilliant | |
|---|---|
| Male, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica | |
| Female Both in Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Heliodoxa |
| Species: | H. jacula |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850 | |
| Range of H. jacula | |
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.