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Blue-capped Puffleg
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Blue-capped Puffleg
Eriocnemis glaucopoides
The blue-capped puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.
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Every page naming Eriocnemis glaucopoides in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6269.