Eriocnemis luciani
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The sapphire-vented puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Venezuela. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy recognize the following five subspecies of sapphire-vented puffleg.
BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World accepts several 21st century studies and treats the last two as members a separate species, the coppery-naped puffleg (E. sapphiropygia). The South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society declined to recognize that split.
The sapphire-vented puffleg is 11.4 to 14 cm (4.5 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 5.4 to 6.4 g (0.19 to 0.23 oz). It has a straight black bill. The nominate subspecies' male has... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Coppery-naped Puffleg sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 67 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 70th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, September and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Coppery-naped Puffleg in Quito on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Coppery-naped Puffleg sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Quito, in our data
Quito is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Coppery-naped Puffleg sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Coppery-naped Puffleg is recorded against all the birds logged in Quito (67 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
