Black-breasted Puffleg
Eriocnemis nigrivestis(Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
English (US) Black-breasted Puffleg
The Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) 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 northern Ecuador (Pichincha, Atacazo, and Imbabura)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eriocnemis nigrivestis
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Black-breasted Puffleg
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus nigrivestis
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
- Type locality
- Tumbaro [i.e. Tumbaco], Ecuador.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie (2), 4 p.144
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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