VIOLET-TAILED SYLPH MALE Aglaiocercus coelestis above Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

VIOLET-TAILED SYLPH (hummingbird) Male Aglaiocercus coelestis. This male Violet-tailed Sylph is observed perching in profile on a mountaintop above Mindo in northwestern Ecuador on October 13, 2015 at 12:10 in the afternoon.

The Violet-tailed Sylph belongs to the hummingbird family Trochilidae and is found in western Colombia and Ecuador.

Un macho del colibrí de nombre común Silfo Colivioleta Aglaiocercus coelestis se ve perchado de pérfil por la cima de una montaña por encima de Mindo en el nordoeste de Ecuador el 13 de octubre de 2015 a las 12 y 10 de la tarde.

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Taken in: Ecuador / Provincia de Pichincha / Mindo / Tandayapa (show map)

Taken on: October 13, 2015

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