White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, high altitude shrubland. From 3,500 - 4,300 m, occasionally 2,600 - 4,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii) [XC10650]
by Huw Lloyd from Manthanay, near Yanahuara, Cuzco, Peru (song)

White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii) [XC36719]
by id from Yanacocha, Cusco, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis) and possibly with Purple-backed Sunbeam (Aglaeactis aliciae). May be sister-species of Black-hooded Sunbeam (Aglaeactis pamela). Although the morphological variation in the genus might suggest past geneflow between Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis) and present species, they are nowadays reproductively isolated in the zone of overlap.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

regalis Zimmer, JT, 1951 - Andes of Huánuco, Pasco and Junín (central Peru).
castelnaudii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848) - Andes of Huancavelica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cuzco (south-central Peru).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii) - 10 files

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