Coppery-naped puffleg
| Coppery-naped puffleg | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Eriocnemis |
| Species: | E. luciani |
| Subspecies: | E. l. sapphiropygia |
| Trinomial name | |
| Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia Taczanowski, 1874 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eriocnemis sapphiropygia | |
The coppery-naped puffleg, Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia, is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes in Peru in wet montane forest edges between 2000–4000 m altitude. It is usually considered a subspecies of the sapphire-vented puffleg, Eriocnemis luciani.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Eriocnemis sapphiropygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5, J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
- Hummingbird splits
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