Coppery-bellied Puffleg

Common name: Coppery-bellied Puffleg
Scientific names: Eriocnemis cupreoventris
Clades: Heliantheini - Brilliants

The Coppery-bellied puffleg is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 4.4 to 5.6 g (0.16 to 0.20 oz).

The Coppery-bellied Puffleg male and female have green above and below that turns to rufous orange on their lower chests and bellies. They have white leg puffs that contrast with their sapphire under-tail coverts. Coppery-bellied Pufflegs are aggressive and active chasers of other hummingbirds. As they feed on long tubular flowers on low shrubs or small trees, they tend to be solitary and rather inconspicuous. High-elevation, wooded slopes, open páramo land, thickets, and wet stunted forests are home to Coppery-bellied Pufflegs.

Distribution NW Venezuela (Andes of Mérida) and E Andes of Colombia (S to Cundinamarca).