Colorful Puffleg

Colorful Puffleg
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trochiliformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Eriocnemis
Species:	E. mirabilis
Binomial name
Eriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967

The Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) is a critically endangered hummingbird endemic to Colombia.

In 2005, Swarovski donated funds which allowed the American Bird Conservancy and Fundación ProAves to create a reserve for this species.

The Colorful Puffleg population is estimated at around 50-250 adult birds.

References

• BirdLife Species Factsheet
• Surfbird News: Swarovski Land Purchase Protects Critically Endangered Hummingbird in Colombia

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