The green-crowned brilliant 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.
Image: Green crowned Brilliant JCB
Image: Green crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula henryi) female
Composite showing effect of light reflection on the color of male H. j. henryi's gorget, Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Juvenile H. j. henryi
Heliantheini is one of the two tribes that make up the subfamily Lesbiinae of the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other tribe in the subfamily is Lesbiini.
Heliantheini
Image: Greenish Puffleg Colombia S4E3301
Image: Sapphire Vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
Image: Loddigesia mirabilis 114707728