Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis alinae) - HBW 5, p. 641
French: Érione d’Aline
German: Weißbrust-Höschenkolibri
Spanish: Calzadito Pechiblanco
Taxonomy: Ornismya Alinæ Bourcier, 1842, Tunja, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with E. mirabilis, from which it is separated by the arid valley of R Patia. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- alinae (Bourcier, 1842) - SC & E Andes of Colombia to E Andes of Ecuador.
- dybowskii Taczanowski, 1882 - E Andes of N & C Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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in abra patricia,next to a feeder.
Locality Abra Patricia, San Martín Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 12 February 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
perched
Locality Abra Patricia, San Martín Department, Peru (ssp dybowskii)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 3 October 2008 2 years ago 1
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Calls given in flight from one bird. Locality Abra Patricia, San Martín Department, Peru
(ssp dybowskii)
Nick Athanas 20 May 2008 2 years ago 3
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