Colorful puffleg
| Colorful 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. mirabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967
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Map of Eriocnemis mirabilis Habitat
The colorful puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) is an endangered hummingbird endemic to Colombia.
In 2005, Swarovski Optik donated funds which allowed the American Bird Conservancy and Fundación ProAves to create a 1980ha reserve for this species.[2]
The colorful puffleg population is estimated at around 250–999 adult birds.[3]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Eriocnemis mirabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22687939A118473368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22687939A118473368.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Five of South America's Rarest Hummingbirds & Where to See Them". 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) - BirdLife species factsheet".
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- Surfbird News: Swarovski Land Purchase Protects Critically Endangered Hummingbird in Colombia
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Eriocnemis
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Endemic birds of Colombia
- Critically endangered animals
- Critically endangered biota of South America
- Birds described in 1967
- Taxa named by Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee
- Hummingbird stubs