Aglaeactis
Appearance
Aglaeactis | |
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White-tufted sunbeam, Aglaeactis castelnaudii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Heliantheini |
Genus: | Aglaeactis Gould, 1848 |
Species | |
4, see text |
Aglaeactis is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
It contains the following species:
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Aglaeactis cupripennis | Shining sunbeam | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru | |
Aglaeactis aliciae | Purple-backed sunbeam | Peru. | |
Aglaeactis castelnaudii | White-tufted sunbeam | Peru. | |
Aglaeactis pamela | Black-hooded sunbeam | Bolivia |