Birds of Colombia

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Aglaiocercus (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Violet-tailed Sylph
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis coelestis) Male
Sachatamia, Mindo, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Violet-tailed Sylph
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) Female
Sachatamia, Mindo, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Long-tailed Sylph
Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) Male
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Long-tailed Sylph
Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) Female
ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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