Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1842)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,300 - 2,800 m, occasionally down to 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline) [XC745351]
by GABRIEL LEITE from ECOAN Lodge, Abra Patricia, San Martin, Peru (flight call)

Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline) [XC260516]
by Dan Lane from Napo: upper Cordillera de los Huacamayos, Ecuador (call, feeding calls, wing noise)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis), from which it is separated by the arid valley of R Patia.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

alinae (Bourcier, 1842) - South-central and eastern Andes of Colombia to eastern Andes of Ecuador.
dybowskii Taczanowski, 1882 - Eastern Andes of northern and central Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline) - 10 files

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