Venezuelan sylph

The Venezuelan sylph (Aglaiocercus berlepschi) is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is restricted to two small mountain ranges in northeastern Venezuela.

Venezuelan sylph
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Aglaiocercus
Species:
A. berlepschi
Binomial name
Aglaiocercus berlepschi
(Hartert, 1898)
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