Aglaiocercus
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Aglaiocercus
| image = Aglaiocercus kingi.jpg
| image_caption = Long-tailed sylph, Aglaiocercus kingii
| taxon = Aglaiocercus
| authority = Zimmer, 1930
| type_species = Ornismya kingii{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80 |title= Trochilidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}
| type_species_authority = Lesson, 1832
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 3, see text
}}
Aglaiocercus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
Description
It contains the following species:
{{Species table |genus=Aglaiocercus |authority-name=Zimmer |authority-year=1930 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Long-tailed sylph |binomial=Aglaiocercus kingii
|image=File:Long-tailed Sylph.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Aglaiocercus kingii Cometa verdiazul Long-tailed Sylph (female) (8192487146).jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Lesson |authority-year=1832 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
|range-image=File:Aglaiocercus kingi map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Six subspecies |bullets=on
|A. k. margarethae
|A. k. caudatus
|A. k. emmae
|A. k. kingii
|A. k. mocoa
|A. k. smaragdinus
}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Violet-tailed sylph |binomial=Aglaiocercus coelestis
|image=File:Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Violet-tailed Sylph (f) JCB.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Gould |authority-year=1861 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Colombia and Ecuador.
|range-image=File:Aglaiocercus coelestis map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Venezuelan sylph |binomial=Aglaiocercus berlepschi
|image=|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Hartert |authority-year=1898 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Venezuela
|range-image=File:Aglaiocercus berlepschi map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= EN
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/end}}
References
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Category:Birds of the Northern Andes
Category:Taxa named by John T. Zimmer
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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