Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita)

Other Scientific Names
Eriocnemis vestitus [BirdLife International (2004)], Eriocnemis vestitus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Eriocnemis vestitus [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,800 - 3,500 m, occasionally 2,250 - 3,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) [XC11317]
by Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Giraldo Arango from Bogota, Quebrada la Vieja, Colombia (song)

Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) [XC250828]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Zamora-Chinchipe: camp on Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador (call, song, call\/song)

Subspecies
Closely related to Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) and Black-thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi). Subspecies paramillo isolated in range from the other populations and morphologically fairly distinct. Differences slighter between nominate and subspecies smaragdinipectus.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

paramillo (Chapman, 1917) - Northern parts of western and central Andes of Colombia.
vestita (Lesson, 1838) - North-western Venezuela and eastern Andes of Colombia.
smaragdinipectus Gould, 1868 - South-western Colombia and Andes of Ecuador and extreme northern Peru.
arcosae Schuchmann, Weller & Heynen, 2001 - Andes of southern Ecuador and extreme northern Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) - 10 files

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