Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) [XC683731]
by Paul Driver from Parque Francisco Tamayo, urb. Manzanares, mun. Baruta, Ccs, Miranda, Venezuela (?)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) [XC683726]
by Rafael Gianni from Parque Francisco Tamayo, urb. Manzanares, mun. Baruta, Ccs, Miranda, Venezuela (?)
Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Abeillia. Closely related to Stephanoxis. Nominate and subspecies pallidiventris intergrade in south-eastern Ecuador.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
merrittii (Lawrence, 1861) - Eastern Honduras to eastern Panama.
guimeti (Bourcier, 1843) - Northern and western Venezuela through eastern Colombia and Ecuador to extreme northern and north-eastern Peru and extreme north-western and northern Brazil.
pallidiventris Stolzmann, 1926 - Eastern Peru and west-central Bolivia.