Sapphire-vented puffleg
Sapphire-vented puffleg | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Eriocnemis |
Species: | E. luciani
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Binomial name | |
Eriocnemis luciani Bourcier, 1847
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The sapphire-vented puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It sometimes includes the coppery-naped puffleg as a subspecies.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eriocnemis luciani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T61162182A95164946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61162182A95164946.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Eriocnemis
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
- Birds of the Venezuelan Andes
- Birds described in 1847
- Hummingbird stubs