Black-eared Fairy © oiseaux.net

Proposed subspecies major of present species is most likely a young male of Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• aurita (Gmelin, 1788)   -  South-eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador through northern Brazil (north of Amazon) to north-eastern Venezuela (eastern Sucre) and the Guianas.
• phainolaemus Gould, 1855   -  North-central Brazil (south of Amazon in Para and Maranhio).
• auriculatus (Nordmann, 1835)   -  Eastern Peru and central Bolivia to central and eastern Brazil (Amazonia south of Amazon through Mato Grosso to Alagoas and Bahia, and south to Espirito Santo, irregularly to Santa Catarina).

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