Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Common name: Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Scientific name: Eriocnemis aline
Clades: Heliantheini - Brilliants
The Emerald-bellied Puffleg is the smallest puffleg. It is 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long and weighs 4.0 to 4.5 g (0.14 to 0.16 oz).
A Emerald-bellied Puffleg has a dark green upper body and bluish-emerald underparts and an emerald rump. The bird has clean, white leg puffs that are disproportionately large, and a white chest patch dotted with green. It inhabits cloud forests, particularly glades and areas with oak trees. The majority of their time is spent gathering nectar from low flowers in dense vegetation in the forest's understory.
2 subspecies:
E. a. aline
Distribution SC and E Andes of Colombia (S from Boyacá) to E Andes of Ecuador.E. a. dybowskii
Distribution E slope of Andes of N and C Peru (S to Pasco).
