Gorgeted Puffleg

Gorgeted Puffleg
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trochiliformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Eriocnemis
Species:	E. isabellae
Binomial name
Eriocnemis isabellae Cortés-Diago, Weller et al., 2007[1]

The Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae) is a hummingbird endemic to Colombia. This species was discovered in 2005, but not confirmed as new until 2007. It faces the risk of extinction, and therefore a status of Critically Endangered has been recommended: its only known habitat, the cloud forests of the Serrania del Pinche (Choco region), is under threat by agriculture, especially coca farming.^[1]

The Gorgeted Puffleg measures between 90 and 100 millimeters (3.5 to 4 inches) in length. The name of the species is in relation to the gorget on the throat of the male, a patch of iridescent green and brilliant blue feathers, and from the puffs of white feathers at the thighs.^[2]

External links

• BirdLife International: Hi-res photograph of male individual. Retrieved 2007-05-15.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Stunning new hummingbird species needs immediate protection". BirdLife International. 2007-05-14. http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/05/colombia_new_hummingbird_discovery.html. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 
2. ^ "New hummingbird species discovered in Colombia". ABC News Online. 2007-05-14. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1922035.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 

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