Aglaiocercus
Genus of birds
| Aglaiocercus | |
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| Long-tailed sylph, Aglaiocercus kingii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Lesbiini |
| Genus: | Aglaiocercus Zimmer, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Ornismya kingii[1] Lesson, 1832 | |
| Species | |
| 3, see text | |
Aglaiocercus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
Description
It contains the following species:
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Long-tailed sylph
| Aglaiocercus kingii (Lesson, 1832) Six subspecies
| Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Violet-tailed sylph
| Aglaiocercus coelestis (Gould, 1861) | Colombia and Ecuador. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Venezuelan sylph
| Aglaiocercus berlepschi (Hartert, 1898) | Venezuela | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN
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References
- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
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Genera of nightjars, hummingbirds, swifts and their extinct allies
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