Blue-capped puffleg

Blue-capped puffleg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Eriocnemis
Species: E. glaucopoides
Binomial name
Eriocnemis glaucopoides
D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838
Synonyms

Eriocnemis dorbignyi

The blue-capped puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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