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Sunbeams
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Sunbeams

Aglaeactis

Aglaeactis is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Shining Sunbeam

speciesAglaeactis cupripennis

Black-hooded Sunbeam

speciesAglaeactis pamela

White-tufted Sunbeam

speciesAglaeactis castelnaudii

Purple-backed Sunbeam

speciesAglaeactis aliciae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6204.