Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Eriocnemis (7 species, 11 worldwide)


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.


Black-thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi) Male Near Threatened PNN Los Nevados, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Black-thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi) Female Near Threatened PNN Los Nevados, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Side view with puffs.
Back view.

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Turquoise-throated Puffleg (Eriocnemis godini) Critically Endangered ENDEMIC

Possibly extinct.


Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani luciani) Yanacocha, Ecuador
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Golden-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera) 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 ENDEMIC


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.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba