Blue-capped Puffleg
Eriocnemis glaucopoides(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
English (US) Blue-capped Puffleg
The Blue-capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Andes of southern Bolivia and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eriocnemis glaucopoides
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-capped Puffleg
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya glaucopoides
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
- Type locality
- Valle Grande, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 8 cl.2 p.27
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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