Sapphire-vented puffleg

Sapphire-vented puffleg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Eriocnemis
Species: E. luciani
Binomial name
Eriocnemis luciani
Bourcier, 1847

The sapphire-vented puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It sometimes includes the coppery-naped puffleg as a subspecies.

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