Violet-headed hummingbird

Violet-headed hummingbird
Female in eastern Ecuador
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Klais
Reichenbach, 1854
Species:
K. guimeti
Binomial name
Klais guimeti
(Bourcier, 1843)
Range of K. guimeti

The violet-headed hummingbird (Klais guimeti) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the only species in the genus Klais.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Klais guimeti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687167A93143544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687167A93143544.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.