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Colorful Puffleg
Eriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Colorful Puffleg, Eriocnemis mirabilis, is a hummingbird found in western Colombia in South America, where it is known from a few sites on the west slope of the Western Andes in Cauca Department. It was described by Meyer de Schauensee in 1967. The species is endemic to Colombia and belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes. It is a monotypic bird with a straight blackish bill. The male shows dark green upperparts, a glittering green forehead, an iridescent green throat and upper breast, an indigo blue belly, and red and copper undertail coverts.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: w Colombia
