Black-hooded Sunbeam
Aglaeactis pamela(d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1838)
English (US) Black-hooded Sunbeam
The Black-hooded Sunbeam (Aglaeactis pamela) 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: Andes of western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aglaeactis pamela
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-hooded Sunbeam
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya Pamela
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1838)
- Type locality
- Yungas, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 8 cl.2 p.29 pl.77,78,79
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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