Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) - HBW 5, p. 639
French: Érione à robe noire
German: Schwarzbauch-Höschenkolibri
Spanish: Calzadito Pechinegro
Taxonomy: Trochilus nigrivestis Bourcier and Mulsant, 1852, Tumbaco, Ecuador.
Closely related to E. vestitus and E. derbyi. Doubtful species “E. soederstroemi” is regarded by some authors as a hybrid of present species and E. luciani, or a race or aberrant form of E. godini. Monotypic.
Distribution: NW Ecuador, mainly on volcanoes Pichincha and Atacazo, but also known from Imbabura; recent records only from ridge crests of Frutillas, Yanacocha, Cerro Alaspungo and Cerro Pugsi.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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An adult male feeding at a feeder and flying away Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Steve Blain 2 June 2005 6 years ago 30 sec 4.1
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Taken at the feeders at the end of the trail, during the best month to catch up with it - June.
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Steve Blain 3 June 2005 2 years ago 4.3 -
Male perched.
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 4 July 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
A poor picture of a rare bird
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 24 October 2011 28 weeks ago 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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