Emerald-bellied Puffleg

White breast panties Hummingbird painted by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter

The white breast panties Hummingbird ( Eriocnemis often aline wrong Eriocnemis alinae ), also known as Emerald Snow panties, is a hummingbird from the kind of wool panties. The species has a large distribution area, which covers about 69,000 square kilometers in the South American countries of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The stock is assessed by the IUCN as endangered not (Least Concern ).

Description

With 7.6 inches of the white breast panties Hummingbird is the smallest Wollhöschenart. The beak is just 15 mm long. The top is bright green. The rump is bright emerald green. The forehead, the bottom and under tail-coverts are glittering emerald green. The center of the chest shows a large white spot decorated with a few greenish leaves. The white feather panties are very large in comparison to body size. The short bright green tail is slightly forked.

Habitat

The white breast panties Hummingbird inhabits cloud forests and oak -dominated ridges at altitudes 2300-2800 m.

Way of life

The white breast panties Hummingbird is usually individually in the low undergrowth in the forest in search of food.

Subspecies

So far, two subspecies are known.

• Eriocnemis aline aline ( Bourcier, 1843) - The nominate form is found in the East Kolumbiensa and to the east of Ecuador.
• Eriocnemis aline dybowskii Taczanowski, 1882 - This subspecies is found in northern and central Peru.

Etymology and History of Research

Jules Bourcier described the white breast panties hummingbird under the name Ornismya Aline. The type specimen came from Tunja Colombia. Bourcier had published the kind both in the scientific journal Revue Zoological par La Société Cuvierienne, and in Annales des sciences physiques et naturelles, d'agriculture et d'industrie, but he used in Annales des sciences the epithet alinæ, which in many Publications finds. Despite the date of both volumes both articles appeared only in the year 1843. Later, the species of the genus Eriocnemis been assigned. This name derives from the Greek words " erion ἔριον " for " wool " and " knēmis κνημίς " from for " cuff, leg brace ." The species is dedicated born Jusserand Bourcier Benoîte wife Aline. The name of the subspecies ' dybowskii " honors the animal researchers Benedict Dybowski (1833-1930), who was traveling, especially in Ostsibieren.