Venezuelan Sylph

Aglaiocercus berlepschi (Hartert, EJO, 1898)

Venezuelan Sylph, Aglaiocercus berlepschi, is a hummingbird found in north-eastern Venezuela, where it is confined to two mountain areas in the Turimiquire Massif. It lives on coastal slopes in subtropical forest and scrubland, at 1,450 to 1,800 m. The species is sedentary. Males have a dark green crown, a bright green back, a blue throat patch and very long outer tail feathers that are violet at the base and blue at the tip. Females have a blue crown, white underparts with green spotting, and a short, slightly forked tail.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Breeding range

South America: ne Venezuela