Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Blue-capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) - HBW 5, p. 641
French: Érione à front bleu
German: Blaustirn-Höschenkolibri
Spanish: Calzadito Frentiazul
Taxonomy: Ornismya glaucopoides d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838, Valle Grande, Bolivia.
This southernmost of pufflegs has no obvious close relative; possibly nearest to E. alinae. Monotypic.
Distribution: C & SE Bolivia and NW Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A distant bird perched and flying away Locality Tambo Area, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Frank Witebsky 2004 5 years ago 16 sec 2.3
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A female perched in a tree.
Locality Calilegua National Park, Jujuy Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 1 January 2004 30 weeks ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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