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 LC    Blue-capped Puffleg* Id (Atlas):
    Eriocnemis glaucopoides

Description (10)
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,500 - 2,900 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia.

Central and south-eastern Bolivia and north-western Argentina.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Blue-capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) [XC1567]
     by id from Southwestern slope of Cerro Campamentito, Chuquisaca, Bolivia (flight call)

Subspecies
This southernmost of pufflegs has no obvious close relative. Possibly closest to Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Blue-capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) - 10 files


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