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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Klais

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Klais guimeti

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vihhum1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Klais

Subspecies (3)

Klais guimeti guimeti

coastal ranges and Andes of Venezuela south along east slope of Andes of Colombia and Ecuador to northern Peru
Klais guimeti merrittii

eastern Honduras to eastern Panama
Klais guimeti pallidiventris

eastern Peru to west-central Bolivia

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vihhum1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.