Blossomcrown

The two blossomcrowns comprise the genus Anthocephala. They were formerly considered conspecific. The SACC accepted both as distinct species in 2015.

Blossomcrown
Santa Marta blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Trochilini
Genus:	Anthocephala Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Type species
Trochilus floriceps[1] Gould, 1854
Species
2, see text

Tolima blossomcrown

Species

The two species are:^[2]

Genus Anthocephala – Cabanis & Heine, 1860 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Santa Marta blossomcrown	Anthocephala floriceps (Gould, 1853)	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Tolima blossomcrown	Anthocephala berlepschi Salvin, 1893	Colombia (Cauca, northern Huila, Tolima, and Quindío )	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU