White-tufted sunbeam

White-tufted sunbeam
Painting by John Gould, for A Monograph of the Trochilidae (Family of Hummingbirds)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Aglaeactis
Species:
A. castelnaudii
Binomial name
Aglaeactis castelnaudii
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848)

The white-tufted sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.[1]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Aglaeactis castelnaudii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22687791A118808695. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22687791A118808695.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.