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Violet-headed Hummingbird
Klais guimeti (Bourcier, 1843)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Violet-headed Hummingbird, Klais guimeti, is a hummingbird of Middle America and South America, from east Honduras to western and northern Amazonia. It belongs to the family Trochilidae and is the only member of its genus. It was first described in 1843 by Bourcier. Its range includes Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil and northern Bolivia. It uses moist lowland and montane forest, as well as heavily altered former forest, and is also found in edges, clearings, thickets and other human-made habitats.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: e Honduras to w, n Amazonia
