Black-breasted puffleg

Black-breasted puffleg
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trochiliformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Eriocnemis
Binomial name
	Eriocnemis nigrivestis;

The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) is a species of hummingbird that lives only in Ecuador.

The average length of the black-breasted puffleg is 8.5 cm. It has a very restricted range, being found only on the northwestern parts of the Pichincha volcano. It is critically endangered.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Eriocnemis nigrivestis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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[1] BirdLife International (2013). "Eriocnemis nigrivestis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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