Black-breasted Puffleg

Black-breasted Puffleg

Taxobox
name = Black-breasted Puffleg
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Trochiliformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Eriocnemis"
species = "E. nigrivestis"
binomial = "Eriocnemis nigrivestis"
binomial_authority = (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)The Black-breasted Puffleg ("Eriocnemis nigrivestis") is an average sized (8.5 cm in length)Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield, "The Birds of Ecuador, Field Guide" (volume 2)", Cornell University Press, 2001] species of hummingbird endemic to Ecuador. It has a very restricted range, being found only on the Northwestern slopes of the Pichincha volcano 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. [ [http://www.fjocotoco.org/news/news-june2005.htm Foundation Jocotoco - The City of Quito adopts the Black-breasted Puffleg Hummingbird as its emblem ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2033&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=3215 Black-breasted Puffleg videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.mindobirds.com.ec/images/samarito.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.mindobirds.com.ec/birdsrec.htm Article] mindobirds.com
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=black-breasted+puffleg&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Black-breasted Puffleg photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Eriocnemis+nigrivestis Photo-High Res]


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