Eriocnemis mosquera
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The golden-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. The golden-breasted puffleg is monotypic. However, at one time it was suggested that the northern and southern populations formed subspecies.
The golden-breasted puffleg is about 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 5.3 g (0.19 oz). It has a straight black bill. The male has shining green upperparts with a bronzier green nape and rump. Its underparts are mostly glittering golden green. Its lower throat and upper breast are coppery bronze and the undertail coverts brownish. Its leg puffs are white. The tail is forked; its central feathers are blue-green and the outer two pairs dark green to blue-black. The female is slightly smaller and has somewhat greener undertail coverts but is otherwise similar to the male.
The golden-breasted puffleg is found in the Central and Western Andes of Colombia with a few records in the Eastern Andes. It also occurs in much of the length of the Andes in Ecuador. The species inhabits the... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-breasted Puffleg sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 2,230 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July and November–February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-breasted Puffleg in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against about 30% in March–May and August–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-breasted 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 Los Nevados National Natural Park, in our data
Los Nevados National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden-breasted Puffleg sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-breasted Puffleg is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (2,230 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
