Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae > Eriocnemis > Eriocnemis nigrivestis

Eriocnemis nigrivestis (Black-breasted Puffleg)

Synonyms: Trochilus nigrivestis

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) is a species of hummingbird native to Ecuador. It is Critically Endangered, with less than 300 individuals remaining in the wild.
View Wikipedia Record: Eriocnemis nigrivestis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eriocnemis nigrivestis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.09612
EDGE Score: 4.40107
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [1]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  30 %
Forages - Understory [1]  70 %
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Northern Andean páramo Ecuador, Colombia Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Northwestern Andean montane forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Mindo y Estribaciones Occidentales del volcán Pichincha Ecuador A1, A2, A3
Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecuador A1, A2, A3
Volcán Atacazo Ecuador A1

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Prey / Diet

Macleania macrantha[3]
Macleania rupestris[3]
Palicourea amethystina[3]
Palicourea fuchsioides[3]
Thibaudia floribunda[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Odontophorus strophium (Gorgeted Wood Quail)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0