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The name comes from the iridescent emerald green and electric blue patch on the throat — the gorge — on males, and from tufts of white feathers at the top of the legs, a characteristic of so-called puffleg hummers.
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Called the gorgeted puffleg, the new species is easily twice as big as the thumb-sized hummingbirds found in the eastern United States, measuring between 3.5 inches and 4 inches (90 and 100 mm) in length, its discoverers said in answer to e-mailed questions.
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The bird, called the gorgeted puffleg, measures up to 4 inches (10 cm) in length.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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The bird, called the gorgeted puffleg, measures up to 4 inches (10 cm) in length.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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The bird, called the gorgeted puffleg, measures up to 4 inches (10 cm) in length.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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- Nature group adds Ethiopian lark, Galapagos finch, Colombian puffleg to critically endangered
unknown title 2009
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The gorgeted puffleg, only 90 millimetres long, is particularly vulnerable.
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A hummingbird, the black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) lives in the forest atop two mountains in north-west Ecuador.
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