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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Aglaiocercus

Violet-tailed Sylph

Aglaiocercus coelestis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vitsyl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Aglaiocercus

Subspecies (2)

Aglaiocercus coelestis aethereus

Andes of southwestern Ecuador
Aglaiocercus coelestis coelestis

Pacific slope of western Andes of Colombia and northern Ecuador

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vitsyl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.