Birds of the World

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Genus: Aglaeactis (4 species)


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Purple-backed Sunbeam (Aglaeactis aliciae) Vulnerable
Range: SA: n Peru
    



White-tufted Sunbeam
White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Peru
Peru   		   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.



Shining Sunbeam
Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonota)
Range: SA: Colombia to Peru
Manu, Peru
  The 'Southern Shining Sunbeam', a Peruvian race, is darker than those found further north. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Shining Sunbeam
Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis) Male
Range: SA: Colombia to Peru
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Plain female.

Black-hooded Sunbeam
Black-hooded Sunbeam (Aglaeactis pamela)
Range: SA: Bolivia
Corani, Bolivia   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba