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Eriocnemis mirabilis (Colorful Puffleg)

Wikipedia Abstract

The colorful puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) is a critically endangered hummingbird endemic to Colombia. In 2005, Swarovski donated funds which allowed the American Bird Conservancy and Fundación ProAves to create a reserve for this species. The colorful puffleg population is estimated at around 250–999 adult birds.
View Wikipedia Record: Eriocnemis mirabilis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eriocnemis mirabilis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
59
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.95949
EDGE Score: 4.55757
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Nectarivore
Diet - Nectar [1]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  40 %
Forages - Understory [1]  60 %

Ecoregions

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

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Parque Nacional Natural Munchique Colombia A1, A2, A3

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Munchique Natural National Park Colombia

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Coeligena helianthea (Blue-throated Starfrontlet)1
Diglossa caerulescens (Bluish Flowerpiercer)1
Oxypogon guerinii (Bearded Helmetcrest)1

Range Map

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
♦ 2del 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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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