Purple-backed Sunbeam
Aglaeactis aliciaeSalvin, O, 1896
English (US) Purple-backed Sunbeam
The Purple-backed Sunbeam (Aglaeactis aliciae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: east slope of Andes of northern Peru (La Libertad and Ancash)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aglaeactis aliciae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Purple-backed Sunbeam
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1896
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Agaeactis aliciae
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1896
- Type locality
- Suecha, 10,000 feet, Peru.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 5 p.24
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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