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| name = Turquoise-throated puffleg
| name = Turquoise-throated puffleg
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| image = Eriocnemis godini.jpg
| status = PE
| status = PE
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22687922 |title=''Eriocnemis godini'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Eriocnemis godini'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22687922A182244989 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22687922A182244989.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A2
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| image = Eriocnemis godini.jpg
| status2_system = CITES
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| status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| image_caption =
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| taxon = Eriocnemis godini
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| authority = ([[Jules Bourcier|Bourcier]], 1851)
| range_map = Eriocnemis godini map.svg
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Apodiformes]]
| familia = [[Trochilidae]]
| genus = ''[[Eriocnemis]]''
| species = '''''E. godini'''''
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| binomial = ''Eriocnemis godini''
| binomial_authority = ([[Jules Bourcier|Bourcier]], 1851)
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The '''turquoise-throated puffleg''' (''Eriocnemis godini''), also known as '''Godin's puffleg''', is a [[species]] of [[hummingbird]] from [[Ecuador]]. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and white powder-puffs of downy feathers on the legs, and the male has a bluish-purple throat patch. It is only known from a few specimens taken in the nineteenth century and its taxonomic position is unclear. The type of habitat in which the type species was recovered has largely disappeared, and recent surveys trying to find this bird have failed. The [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] believes it may be [[Extinction|extinct]], but there is a possibility that some individuals remain, so the bird has been rated as "[[critically endangered]]".
The '''turquoise-throated puffleg''' ('''''Eriocnemis godini'''''), also known as '''Godin's puffleg''', is a [[species]] of [[hummingbird]] from Ecuador. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and white powder-puffs of downy feathers on the legs, and the male has a bluish-purple throat patch. It is only known from a few specimens taken in the nineteenth century and its taxonomic position is unclear. The type of habitat in which the type species was obtained has largely disappeared, and recent surveys trying to find this bird have failed. The [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] believes it may be [[Extinction|extinct]], but there is a possibility that some individuals remain, so the bird has been rated as "[[critically endangered]]".


==Description==
==Description==
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==Taxonomical debate==
==Taxonomical debate==
The turquoise-throated puffleg is a subject of a [[taxonomical]] debate, at least partially due to its status and the few known [[Biological specimen|specimen]]s. Graves (1996) assumed it could be a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] between ''[[Eriocnemis vestita|E. vestita]]'' and an undetermined ''[[Eriocnemis]]'' species, while Ridgely (2001) suggested to see it as [[subspecies]] of the ''E. vestita''.<ref>[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCBaseline04.html SACC Classification of Birds]</ref><ref>Graves, G.R. 1996. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 2. Hybrid origin of Eriocnemis soderstromi Butler. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 109:764-769.</ref><ref>RIDGELY, R. S. 2001. Journal für Ornithologie 142, 2001. Fig. 2. Distribution of Eriocnemis vestitus and E. nigrivestis, based on examined skins and literature data</ref>
The turquoise-throated puffleg is a subject of a [[taxonomical]] debate, at least partially due to its status and the few known [[Biological specimen|specimen]]s. Graves (1996) assumed it could be a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] between ''[[Eriocnemis vestita|E. vestita]]'' and an undetermined ''[[Eriocnemis]]'' species, while Ridgely (2001) suggested to see it as [[subspecies]] of the ''E. vestita''.<ref>[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCBaseline04.html SACC Classification of Birds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410031829/http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline04.html |date=2013-04-10 }}</ref><ref>Graves, G.R. 1996. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 2. Hybrid origin of Eriocnemis soderstromi Butler. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 109:764-769.</ref><ref>RIDGELY, R. S. 2001. Journal für Ornithologie 142, 2001. Fig. 2. Distribution of Eriocnemis vestitus and E. nigrivestis, based on examined skins and literature data</ref>


==Distribution and status==
==Distribution and status==
This hummingbird is only known by six [[Biological specimen|specimen]]s which were collected in the 19th century. Only the [[type specimen]] from 1850 has a known locality, it being from the Chillo valley, [[Guayllabamba]] plains, Ecuador, at an altitude between 2,100 and 2,300 m asl. Two skins are simply labelled "[[Bogotá]]" - a common practice in the 19th century and not necessarily directly related to the actual locality where they were taken. It has been suggested that these two "Bogotá" specimens originated from [[Pasto]] in [[Nariño]], Colombia.
This hummingbird is only known by six [[Biological specimen|specimen]]s which were collected in the 19th century. Only the [[type specimen]] from 1850 has a known locality, it being from the Chillo valley, [[Guayllabamba]] plains, Ecuador, at an altitude between 2,100 and 2,300 m asl. Two skins are simply labelled "[[Bogotá]]" - a common practice in the 19th century and not necessarily directly related to the actual locality where they were taken. It has been suggested that these two "Bogotá" specimens originated from [[Pasto (Colombia)|Pasto]] in [[Nariño]], Colombia.


Virtually all presumed habitat at the type locality has been destroyed. Only a few remnants are left in the steep-sided stream-cuts in the arid upper Guaillabamba drainage.
Virtually all presumed habitat at the type locality has been destroyed. Only a few remnants are left in the steep-sided stream-cuts in the arid upper Guaillabamba drainage.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2035&m=0 BirdLife factsheet - turquoise-throated puffleg]
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2035&m=0 BirdLife factsheet - turquoise-throated puffleg]
*[http://www.oldprintshop.com/images/large/28676.jpg Print by John Gould]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050213010947/http://www.oldprintshop.com/images/large/28676.jpg Print by John Gould]


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Turquoise-throated puffleg

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Eriocnemis
Species:
E. godini
Binomial name
Eriocnemis godini
(Bourcier, 1851)

The turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini), also known as Godin's puffleg, is a species of hummingbird from Ecuador. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and white powder-puffs of downy feathers on the legs, and the male has a bluish-purple throat patch. It is only known from a few specimens taken in the nineteenth century and its taxonomic position is unclear. The type of habitat in which the type species was obtained has largely disappeared, and recent surveys trying to find this bird have failed. The International Union for Conservation of Nature believes it may be extinct, but there is a possibility that some individuals remain, so the bird has been rated as "critically endangered".

Description[edit]

Based on the few known specimens, it has a total length of 10-11 centimetres. The plumage of the male is predominantly green with a turquoise tinted throat. Both sexes have violet blue untertail-coverts and a straight black bill. The upperparts and the main part of the underparts are shimmering golden green in the males. Rump and uppertail-coverts are bluish green. The throat is pale violet blue and the forked tail is bluish black. The female lacks the throat patches, its plumage is less light and the belly more golden. Like all pufflegs it has striking leg-puffs of dense white downy feather tufts.

Taxonomical debate[edit]

The turquoise-throated puffleg is a subject of a taxonomical debate, at least partially due to its status and the few known specimens. Graves (1996) assumed it could be a hybrid between E. vestita and an undetermined Eriocnemis species, while Ridgely (2001) suggested to see it as subspecies of the E. vestita.[3][4][5]

Distribution and status[edit]

This hummingbird is only known by six specimens which were collected in the 19th century. Only the type specimen from 1850 has a known locality, it being from the Chillo valley, Guayllabamba plains, Ecuador, at an altitude between 2,100 and 2,300 m asl. Two skins are simply labelled "Bogotá" - a common practice in the 19th century and not necessarily directly related to the actual locality where they were taken. It has been suggested that these two "Bogotá" specimens originated from Pasto in Nariño, Colombia.

Virtually all presumed habitat at the type locality has been destroyed. Only a few remnants are left in the steep-sided stream-cuts in the arid upper Guaillabamba drainage.

After an unconfirmed sighting in 1976, there was a survey in 1980, but this was unsuccessful.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Eriocnemis godini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22687922A182244989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22687922A182244989.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ SACC Classification of Birds Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Graves, G.R. 1996. Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 2. Hybrid origin of Eriocnemis soderstromi Butler. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 109:764-769.
  5. ^ RIDGELY, R. S. 2001. Journal für Ornithologie 142, 2001. Fig. 2. Distribution of Eriocnemis vestitus and E. nigrivestis, based on examined skins and literature data

External links[edit]

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