Aglaeactis

• Purple-backed Sunbeam Aglaeactis aliciae

  Male Purple-backed Sunbeams have iridescent purple backs and rumps. This hummingbird feeds on nectar and small insects on high Andean slopes in northern Peru.

• White-tufted Sunbeam Aglaeactis castelnaudii

  The White-tufted Sunbeam lives in humid scrub in valleys of central and southern Peru. Its white breast feathers stand out; intermediate-plumaged birds are reported where it overlaps another sunbeam.

• Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis

  A high-Andean hummingbird with cinnamon-rufous plumage that varies by subspecies. Both sexes have an iridescent rump. Flower nectar was the main food recorded at study sites in Peru and Ecuador.

• Black-hooded Sunbeam Aglaeactis pamela

  This hummingbird has a dark head, white breast feathers, and a shining blue rump. It feeds at flowers in Bolivia's highlands.

• Purple-backed Sunbeam Aglaeactis aliciae

  Male Purple-backed Sunbeams have iridescent purple backs and rumps. This hummingbird feeds on nectar and small insects on high Andean slopes in northern Peru.

• White-tufted Sunbeam Aglaeactis castelnaudii

  The White-tufted Sunbeam lives in humid scrub in valleys of central and southern Peru. Its white breast feathers stand out; intermediate-plumaged birds are reported where it overlaps another sunbeam.

• Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis

  A high-Andean hummingbird with cinnamon-rufous plumage that varies by subspecies. Both sexes have an iridescent rump. Flower nectar was the main food recorded at study sites in Peru and Ecuador.

• Black-hooded Sunbeam Aglaeactis pamela

  This hummingbird has a dark head, white breast feathers, and a shining blue rump. It feeds at flowers in Bolivia's highlands.