Black-breasted puffleg

Black-breasted puffleg
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trochiliformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Eriocnemis
Species:	E. nigrivestis
Binomial name
	Eriocnemis nigrivestis; (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)

The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) is a rather small (8.5 cm in length)^[2] species of hummingbird endemic to Ecuador. It has a very restricted range, being found only on the Northwestern slopes of the Pichincha volcano^[2] and it is critically endangered. On the 23rd of June, 2005 this bird was adopted as the emblem of the city of Quito, which, being just on the other side of the volcano, is very close to where the last populations of the species are found.^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield, "The Birds of Ecuador, Field Guide" (volume 2), Cornell University Press, 2001
^ Foundation Jocotoco - The City of Quito adopts the Black-breasted Puffleg Hummingbird as its emblem

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet
Black-breasted puffleg videos on the Internet Bird Collection
Photo-High Res; Article mindobirds.com
Black-breasted puffleg photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res

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[1] Template:IUCN

[RG-2] Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield, "The Birds of Ecuador, Field Guide" (volume 2), Cornell University Press, 2001

[3] Foundation Jocotoco - The City of Quito adopts the Black-breasted Puffleg Hummingbird as its emblem

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