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Crimson Topaz
Topaza pella (Linnaeus, C 1758)
The crimson topaz is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Source: Wikipedia
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Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Genus:
Topaza
Scientific:
Topaza pella
Classification
Order:Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Genus:
Topaza
Scientific:
Topaza pella
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.119
Protonym:
Trochilus Pella
Type locality:
'in Indies' = Surinam, ex Edwards.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/137/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
9F291BC2242FB7C9
Avibase ID:
avibase-9F291BC2
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9F291BC2
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555210
Geographic range:
- Topaza pella: tropical rainforest in the Guianan plateau of eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil, including the northeastern Amazon in Amapá, northern Pará, and northeastern Maranhão, and southwestward across central Amazonia to northern states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso
- Topaza pella pella: southeastern and eastern Venezuela eastward to Suriname, and southward to central Amazonian Brazil (Rondônia)
- Topaza pella smaragdulus: French Guiana and eastern Brazil (Amapá, and central Pará, from the east bank of the Rio Tapajós to the Rio Tocantins)
- Topaza pella microrhyncha: eastern Amazonian Brazil (Marajó, and northeastern Pará east of the Rio Tocantins)
Source: Clements checklist
Crimson Topaz
Afrikaans:
Rooinektopaas
Bulgarian:
Пурпурно топазово колибри
Catalan:
Colibrí topazi
Czech:
kolibřík topasovohrdlý
Danish:
Rød Pragttopas
German:
Rotnacken-Topaskolibri
Esperanto:
topaza kolibro
Spanish:
Colibrí topacio
Spanish (Spain):
Colibrí Topacio
Estonian:
puna-topaaskoolibri
Finnish:
punatopaasikolibri
French:
Colibri topaze
Croatian:
plameni kolibrić
Hungarian:
topázkolibri
Indonesian:
Kolibri-cempaka merah
Icelandic:
Tópasbríi
Italian:
Topazio cremisi
Japanese (romaji):
topa-zuhachidori
Japanese:
トパーズハチドリ
Lithuanian:
Topazinis kolibris
Dutch:
Topaaskolibrie
Norwegian:
Karmintopas
Polish:
topazik szkarłatny
Portuguese:
beija-flor-brilho-de-fogo
Portuguese (Brazil):
beija-flor-brilho-de-fogo
Portuguese (Portugal):
colibri-topázio
Russian:
Красный топаз
Slovak:
topásovec kosierkavý
Serbian:
Grimizni topaz kolibri
Swedish:
karmosintopas
Turkish:
Yakut renkli topaz
Ukrainian:
Колібрі-топаз малиновий
Chinese:
赤叉尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
赤紅叉尾蜂鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Colibri topaze ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Colibri topaze ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Topaza pella [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Topaza pella [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Topaza pella [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Crimson Topaz ( Topaza pella) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Topaza pella [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Topaza pella [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Topaza [pella or pyra]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooinektopaas
Arawak: Káro-bimitia, Koyara-bimitia
Bulgarian: Пурпурно топазово колибри
Catalan: Colibrí topazi
Carib: Tukusi-tantikonaye
Czech: kolibřík topasovohrdlý, Kolibrík topasový
Danish: Rød Pragttopas
German: Rotnacken-Topaskolibri, Topaskolibri
English: Crimson Topaz, Crismon topaz
English (Avilist): Crimson Topaz
English, HBW: Crimson Topaz
English (IOC): Crimson Topaz
English (United States): Crimson Topaz
Esperanto: topaza kolibro
Spanish: Colibrí Topacio, Topacio Candela de Cola Canela
Spanish (Spain): Colibrí Topacio
Spanish (HBW): Crimson Topaz
Spanish (Venezuela): Topacio Candela Colicanelo
Estonian: puna-topaaskoolibri
Finnish: Punatopaasikolibri
French: Colibri topaze, Topaze à nuque vermillon
Guianese Creole French: Koulibri, Zozo-mouch
French (Guyane): Colibri topaze
Croatian: plameni kolibrić
Hungarian: topázkolibri
Indonesian: Kolibri-cempaka merah
Icelandic: Tópasbríi
Italian: Colibrì topazio cremisi, Topazio cremisi
Japanese (romaji): topaazuhachidori, topa-zuhachidori
Japanese: トパアズハチドリ, トパーズハチドリ
Kazakh: топазды колибри
Kirghiz: топаз түстүү колибри
Scientific: Topaza pella, Topaza pella pella, Trochilus elegantissimus, Trochilus elegantissimus, Trochilus Pella
Lithuanian: Topazinis kolibris
Dutch: Topaaskolibrie
Norwegian: Karmintopas
Wayampi: Akikiwainimi
Polish: topazik szkarlatny, Topazik szkarłatny
Portuguese: beija-flor-brilho-de-fogo, Topazio-vermelho, topázio-vermelho
Portuguese (Brazil): Beija-flor-brilho-de-fogo, topázio-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal): Beija-flor-brilho-de-fogo, colibri-topázio
Russian: Красный топаз, малиновый колибри-топаз, Топазовая колибри, Топазовый колибри
Slovak: topásovec kosierkavý
Serbian: Grimizni topaz kolibri
Sranan: Granmankorke, Korke, Kownubri
Swedish: Karmosintopas
Turkish: Yakut renkli topaz
Tatar: топаз төсле чебенкош
Ukrainian: Колібрі-топаз малиновий
Wayana: Tukui
Chinese: 赤叉尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 赤紅叉尾蜂鳥
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