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Violet-fronted Brilliant

Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier, J 1843)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Guilherme de Melo Becher 2022-11-11 Plataforma, San Martin, Bellavista (Peru) (1600 m) call - [sono] 764493
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Peter Boesman 2002-08-09 Cerro de Paja, Carabobo, Carabobo (Venezuela) (1200 - 1600 m) song -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 160 side A track 15 seq. A)

223896
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Yaudimar Bermúdez 2025-03-22 , Falcón (Venezuela)   -   632911500
macaulaylibrary.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta Mitch Lysinger 2000-11-00 Napo: Cascada San Rafael ('Coca Falls'), Napo (Ecuador) (1400 m) song -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD

playback-used:no

260493
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Mauricio Cuéllar-Ramírez 2026-06-24 , Caquetá (Colombia)   -   660280781
macaulaylibrary.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta John V. Moore 2004-01-00 Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Napo (Ecuador) (1275 m) song -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Perched

playback-used:no

257827
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta Jonas Nilsson 2002-08-19 Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Morona-Santiago (Ecuador) (1610 m) call -

In response to Glaucidium parkeri. Humid forest. Reference: JN1 (A 42-47). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

276071
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Peter Boesman 2000-08-13 Palmichal area, Carabobo, Carabobo (Venezuela) (600 - 1400 m) twitter -

ID certainty 95%. (Archiv. tape 116 side A track 31 seq. A)

223897
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta Jonas Nilsson 2003-01-03 Zamora-Chinchipe: Chinapinza, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador) (1470 m) song -

Humid forest. Reference: JN Q2. Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

276070
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela 2025-06-10 Road to El Encanto, Rio Negro, Cantón Baños, Tungurahua, Baños de Agua Santa (Ecuador) (1200 m) alarm call, call -

An Accipiter scared him. Edited.

1143644
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri GABRIEL LEITE 2022-11-10 Plataforma, San Martin, Bellavista (Peru) (1600 m) flight call - [sono] 763203
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Eric DeFonso 2011-05-02 Cabanas Copalinga, Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador) (1000 m) call -

Sharp call notes given by perched bird near feeders, on lodge grounds.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

120132
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta Lelis Navarrete 2003-07-00 Zamora-Chinchipe: lower Loja-Zamora road, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador) (1300 m) song, male -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD

playback-used:no

364165
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Peter Boesman 2002-08-09 Cerro de Paja, Carabobo, Carabobo (Venezuela) (1200 - 1600 m) song -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 160 side A track 12 seq. A)

223895
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Anderson León Natera 2025-03-08 , Yaracuy (Venezuela)   -   632565393
macaulaylibrary.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Rose Ann Rowlett 2020-02-25 Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador)   - Two cuts of the continuous calling of a male Violet-fronted Brilliant that goes up into the light fixture over the bar at the Copalinga Lodge, where he sits and calls, guarding a nearby feeder. 218158221
macaulaylibrary.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Curtis A. Marantz 2001-01-24 Parque Nacional Henri Pittier; Estacion Biologica de Rancho Grande, Aragua, Venezuela, Aragua (Venezuela)   -   127814
macaulaylibrary.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Sebastian K. Herzog 11-01-1997 Old rd Cochabamba - V. Tunari, Camp 4; Carrasco NP, Cochabamba, Bolivia (Bolivia) (1000-1500 m) Song (C) - Single male in understory. After playback. At 1050 m. 4101
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta Niels Krabbe 2003-03-24 Zamora-Chinchipe: Río Bombuscaro, Ecuador (Ecuador) (1000 m) song -

Perched bird. Clearing in humid forest. Reference: B 647-666 (HelleaQ1). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

238365
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Peter Boesman 1997-03-09 Yacambu NP, Lara, Lara (Venezuela) (1300 - 1750 m) song -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 56 side A track 6 seq. A)

223898
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta Nick Athanas 28/01/2003 Old Loja-Zamora road, Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador) (1440 m) song (B) - Song from a perched male. 9387
xeno-canto.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Francisco Contreras @francontreras.80 2026-03-06 , Falcón (Venezuela)   -   652346894
macaulaylibrary.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Carlos Maldonado Amaya 2024-01-20 , Yaracuy (Venezuela)   -   614116969
macaulaylibrary.org
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Daniel de Jesus Garcia León 2021-01-18 Sector Campo Alegre y Areas Circunvecinas, Trujillo, Venezuela, Trujillo (Venezuela)   -   300769911
macaulaylibrary.org
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