White-tufted sunbeam

White-tufted sunbeam
Painting by John Gould, for A Monograph of the Trochilidae (Family of Hummingbirds)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
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 Trochilidae family. It is found only in Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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