Birds of the World

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Eriocnemis (11 species)


Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline dybowskii)
Range: SA: Colombia to c Peru
Peru  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.

Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline dybowskii) Female
Range: SA: Colombia to c Peru
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.

Coppery-bellied Puffleg
Coppery-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis cupreoventris)
Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela
La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



Black-thighed Puffleg
Black-thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi) Male
Range: SA: Colombia and nw Ecuador
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-thighed Puffleg
Black-thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi) Female
Range: SA: Colombia and nw Ecuador
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Back view.
Side view with puffs.

Blue-capped Puffleg
Blue-capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) Male
Range: SA: c Bolivia to nw Argentina
Calilegua National Park, Jujuy, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Turquoise-throated Puffleg (Eriocnemis godini) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: nw Ecuador
   


Possibly extinct.

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Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: sw Colombia
   



Sapphire-vented Puffleg
Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani luciani)
Range: SA: sw Colombia to s Peru
Yanacocha, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Colorful Puffleg
Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) Endangered
Range: SA: w Colombia
Munchique National Park, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Found only around Munchique National Park, an area off limits to tourists.

Golden-breasted Puffleg
Golden-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera)
Range: SA: w Colombia to nw Ecuador
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A long slender hummingbird
Additional photo.

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Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) Endangered
Range: SA: nw Ecuador
   



Glowing Puffleg
Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita paramillo) Male
Range: SA: nw Venezuela to n Peru
ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Glowing Puffleg
Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) Female
Range: SA: nw Venezuela to n Peru
Chingaza, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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