Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Satipo Rd | Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco | Apurimac, Peru
Status: The Shining Sunbeam is common at the edges of montane forests and humid scrub on the east and west slopes of the Andes ranging at elevations between 2500-4600 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Rayo-de-Sol Brillante.
Sub-species: Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis cupripennis), Bourcier, 1843. All three Andean ranges of Colombia, S through Ecuador and Peru (S to La Libertad and, on E slope, to N Huánuco).
(Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonota), Gould, 1848. C & SC Peru (S La Libertad to Lima and, on E slope, S Huánuco to Cuzco).
Meaning of Name: Aglaeactis: Gr. Aglaia, aglaos= splendour, magnificence, splendid and aktis, aktinos= sunbeam. cupripennis: L. cupreus= coppery pennis, penna= winged, feather.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.