Purple-backed Sunbeam Aglaeactis aliciae Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 22, 2016
Text last updated August 22, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí d'Alice |
| Czech | kolibřík maraňónský |
| Dutch | Paarsrugglanskolibrie |
| English | Purple-backed Sunbeam |
| English (United States) | Purple-backed Sunbeam |
| French | Colibri d'Alice |
| French (France) | Colibri d'Alice |
| German | Maronenkolibri |
| Japanese | アメシストニジハチドリ |
| Norwegian | spraglesolkolibri |
| Polish | iskrzyk purpurowy |
| Russian | Белогорлая ирида |
| Serbian | Sunčev kolibri ljubičastih leđa |
| Slovak | andárik purpurový |
| Spanish | Colibrí de Alicia |
| Spanish (Peru) | Rayo-de-Sol de Dorso Púrpura |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí de Alicia |
| Swedish | purpurglansrygg |
| Turkish | Mor Sırtlı Günışığı |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-золотожар пурпуровий |
Aglaeactis aliciae Salvin, 1896
PROTONYM:
Agaeactis aliciae
Salvin, 1896. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 5, p.24.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Suecha, 10,000 feet, Peru.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AGLAEACTIS
- alice / alicei / aliciae
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Purple-backed Sunbeam
