Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Text last updated April 5, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | colibrí calçat pitdaurat |
Czech | papučka zlatoprsá |
Dutch | Goudbuikpluimbroekje |
English | Golden-breasted Puffleg |
English (United States) | Golden-breasted Puffleg |
French | Érione à poitrine d'or |
French (France) | Érione à poitrine d'or |
German | Goldbrust-Höschenkolibri |
Japanese | キンムネワタアシハチドリ |
Norwegian | gullbrystdunfot |
Polish | puchatek złotawy |
Russian | Златогрудый эрион |
Serbian | Zlatogrudi gaćasti kolibri |
Slovak | pančuchárik zlatoprsý |
Spanish | Calzadito de Mosquera |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Zamarrito Pechidorado |
Spanish (Spain) | Calzadito de Mosquera |
Swedish | gyllenbröstad dunbena |
Turkish | Altın Gerdanlı Pufayak |
Ukrainian | Еріон золотоволий |
Eriocnemis mosquera (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
Definitions
- ERIOCNEMIS
- mosquera
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Introduction
Pufflegs are characteristic hummingbirds of high elevation, humid montane forest and forest edge in the Andes. Golden-breasted Puffleg is a relatively large species of Eriocnemis, and like other members of the genus has a large tuft of fluffy feathers on the lower tarsus. This species is well-named, as the glittering coppery color of the breast and sides of the neck contrasts with the glittering green of the rest of the body plumage. In this species, the sexes are very similar, if not the same, in plumage. Golden-breasted Puffleg usually forages solitarily at flowering shrubs, and is aggressive in defending its food sources.