Coppery-naped Puffleg (Eriocnemis sapphiropygia)

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Often considered conspecific with Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani), and intermediate specimens exist, but morphological differences support treatment as separate species. Racial distributions in north-central Peru not well known, and they intergrade in eastern La Libertad.

Possible subspecies marcapatae (south-eastern Peru) barely differs from nominate.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

catharina Salvin, 1897 - Eastern Andes of northern Peru (Utcubamba Valley). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani).
sapphiropygia Taczanowski, 1874 - Eastern Andes of central and southern Peru (Pasco and Junín to Puno). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani).
marcapatae Zimmer, JT, 1951 - Andes of central Ecuador (Mt. Quilotoa).

References
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