Coppery-naped puffleg

Coppery-naped puffleg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Eriocnemis
Species:
E. luciani
Subspecies:
E. l. sapphiropygia
Trinomial name
Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia
Synonyms

Eriocnemis sapphiropygia

The coppery-naped puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia) is a subspecies of hummingbird found in the Andes in Peru in wet montane forest edges between 2000 and 4000 m altitude. It is usually considered a subspecies of the sapphire-vented puffleg, Eriocnemis luciani.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eriocnemis sapphiropygia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T61162365A95165142. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61162365A95165142.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  • 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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