Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Venezuelan Sylph (Aglaiocercus berlepschi) - HBW 5, p. 659
French: Sylphe du Venezuela
German: Berlepschsylphe
Spanish: Silfo de Berlepsch
Taxonomy: Cyanolesbia berlepschi Hartert, 1898, Cumaná, Venezuela.
Genus name formerly given as Cyanolesbia, but this is not applicable. Forms a superspecies with A. kingi and A. coelestis; these three species may be parapatric in some parts of their ranges but hybridization does not appear to be common. Present species has been treated as a race of A. kingi by several authors, but based on morphological distinctions and isolation of the population it is best considered a separate species; female strikingly different. Has alternatively been considered a race of A. coelestis, although this would appear difficult to justify. .. View all taxonomy...
Genus name formerly given as Cyanolesbia, but this is not applicable. Forms a superspecies with A. kingi and A. coelestis; these three species may be parapatric in some parts of their ranges but hybridization does not appear to be common. Present species has been treated as a race of A. kingi by several authors, but based on morphological distinctions and isolation of the population it is best considered a separate species; female strikingly different. Has alternatively been considered a race of A. coelestis, although this would appear difficult to justify. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Venezuela: E coastal Cordillera de la Costa in Sucre, and Cerro Negro in Monagas.
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a young male perched atop a Clusiaceae Locality Piedra de Moler, Caripe, Monagas State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 2 July 2011 36 weeks ago 8 sec 3.6
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Frontal view of perched female
Locality Caripe, Monagas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 28 March 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Frontal view of perched juvenile with tail spread
Locality Caripe, Monagas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 28 March 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Frontal view of a female perched on a branch
Locality Caripe, Monagas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Eduardo López 5 January 2012 18 weeks ago 3.8 -
A female on a branch. Endemic
Locality Cerro Negro, Monagas State, Venezuela
Jim Watt 2 March 2008 3 years ago 3.7 -
A male perched on a branch
Locality Caripe, Monagas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Eduardo López 5 January 2012 18 weeks ago 3.5 -
Frontal view of perched sub-adult male
Locality Caripe, Monagas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 28 March 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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Calls from a perched female. Locality Cerro Negro, Monagas State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 2 March 2008 2 years ago 3
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