Black-breasted puffleg
| Black-breasted puffleg | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trochiliformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Eriocnemis |
| Species: | E. nigrivestis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriocnemis nigrivestis (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | |
The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) is a rather small (8.5 cm in length)[2] species of hummingbird endemic to Ecuador. It has a very restricted range, being found only on the Northwestern slopes of the Pichincha volcano[2] and it is critically endangered. On the 23rd of June, 2005 this bird was adopted as the emblem of the city of Quito, which, being just on the other side of the volcano, is very close to where the last populations of the species are found.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Eriocnemis nigrivestis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield, "The Birds of Ecuador, Field Guide" (volume 2), Cornell University Press, 2001
- ↑ Foundation Jocotoco - The City of Quito adopts the Black-breasted Puffleg Hummingbird as its emblem
External links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- Black-breasted puffleg videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Photo-High Res; Article mindobirds.com
- Black-breasted puffleg photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
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