Glowing puffleg

Glowing puffleg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Eriocnemis
Species: E. vestita
Binomial name
Eriocnemis vestita
(Lesson, 1838)

The glowing puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.

It is found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru and western Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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