Purple-backed Sunbeam
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| Aglaeactis aliciae Salvin, 1896 |
The Purple-backed Sunbeam, Aglaeactis aliciae, is a bird species in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Peru.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It was formerly classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN[1]. But new research has shown that although hardly any natural habitat is left, this species is still a bit more numerous than it was believed. Consequently, it is downlisted to Endangered status in 2008[2].
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- BirdLife International (BLI) (2006). Aglaeactis aliciae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
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