Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Status: Endemic. The White-tufted Sunbeam is uncommon in two separate populations in the central and southern inter-Andean valleys. It favors humid scrub in inter-Andean valleys where it ranges at elevations between 2500-4100 m.
Name in Spanish: Rayo-de-Sol Acanelado.
Sub-species: White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii regalis), J. T. Zimmer, 1951. Andes of C Peru (Huánuco, Pasco, Junín).
(Aglaeactis castelnaudii castelnaudii), Bourcier and Mulsant, 1848. Andes of Huancavelica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cuzco, in SC Peru.
Meaning of Name: Aglaeactis: Gr. Aglaia, aglaos= splendour, magnificence, splendid and aktis, aktinos= sunbeam. castelnaudii: In honor of François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force Comte de Castelnau (1810-1880) French diplomat, explorer, collector in tropical America.

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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.