Black-thighed puffleg
| Black-thighed puffleg | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Eriocnemis |
| Species: | E. derbyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriocnemis derbyi | |
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Eriocnemis derbianus | |
The black-thighed puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found at humid forest edge and ravines in the Andean highlands of Colombia and northern Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss. As suggested by its name, the feathering around its legs is black, which is unique among the pufflegs. Otherwise its plumage is green with a contrastingly black tail.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eriocnemis derbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687947A93176392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687947A93176392.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Eriocnemis
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
- Birds described in 1846
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