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Violet-tailed sylph
Species of hummingbird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The violet-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[3][4]
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Violet-tailed sylph | |
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male in NW Ecuador | |
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female in NW Ecuador | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Aglaiocercus |
Species: | A. coelestis |
Binomial name | |
Aglaiocercus coelestis (Gould, 1861) | |
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