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Black-breasted puffleg

Eriocnemis nigrivestis (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)

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The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 8.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis)
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-breasted puffleg

Weight
8.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-breasted puffleg live?

Not recorded

What is the black-breasted puffleg?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis), known as zamarrito pechinegro in Spanish, is a species of hummingbird native to Ecuador. It is Endangered, with an estimated 100–150 individuals remaining in the wild.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-breasted puffleg” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-breasted_puffleg&oldid=1380567460), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-breasted puffleg endangered?

The black-breasted puffleg is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-breasted puffleg classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusEriocnemis
  7. SpeciesEriocnemis nigrivestis (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)

Synonyms Eriocnemis nigrivestris, Eriocnemis nigrovestris, Trochilus nigrivestis

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • منتفخ الساق أسود الصدرArabic
  • colibrí calçat pitnegreCatalan
  • papučka černáCzech
  • kolibřík tmavýCzech
  • Sïedn bacsiog brondduWelsh
  • Pichincha KvastbenDanish
  • Schwarzbauch-HöschenkolibriGerman
  • Schwarzbrust-SchneehöschenGerman
  • nigrabrusta ŝukolibroEsperanto
  • Calzadito pechinegroSpanish
  • Zamarrito PechinegroSpanish
  • quitonsukkakolibriFinnish
  • Érione à robe noireFrench
  • mrki kolibrićCroatian
  • Eriocnemis nigrivestisHungarian
  • Fiocchetto pettoneroItalian
  • ムナグロワタアシハチドリJapanese
  • juodakrūtis erionasLithuanian
  • ZwartborstpluimbroekjeDutch
  • svartbrystdunfotNorwegian
  • puchatek czarnopierśnyPolish
  • calçudo-de-peito-pretoPortuguese
  • calçadinho-de-peito-pretoPortuguese
  • Черногрудый эрионRussian
  • pančuchárik čiernoprsýSlovak
  • Crnogrudi gaćasti kolibriSerbian
  • svartbröstad dunbenaSwedish
  • Kara Karınlı PufayakTurkish
  • еріон чорнийUkrainian
  • 黑胸毛腿蜂鸟Chinese
  • 黑胸鬆腿蜂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the black-breasted puffleg

Other species in the same genus Eriocnemis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-breasted puffleg?

An adult black-breasted puffleg weighs 8.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-breasted puffleg endangered?

The black-breasted puffleg is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the black-breasted puffleg?

The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-breasted-puffleg

MLA

“Black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-breasted-puffleg.

BibTeX
@misc{black_breasted_puffleg_2026,
  title = {Black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-breasted-puffleg},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}