Birds of Peru - Eriocnemis


Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline dybowskii) Peru
Photograph by George Scott Photography © All Rights Reserved.


Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline dybowskii) Female Owlet Lodge, Abra Patricia, Peru
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.

Female is similar to male but with less glitter and more white in front. Found in Andean cloud forests between 2000-3000 meters, and not in the paramo as written in some texts.


Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani luciani) Yanacocha, Ecuador
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Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita paramillo) Male ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) Female Chingaza, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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