Colorful puffleg
Eriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967
The colorful puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 5.06 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.
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Quick facts about the colorful puffleg
- Weight
- 5.06 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
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the colorful puffleg live?
Not recorded
What is the colorful puffleg?
The colorful puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Colombia.
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Is the colorful puffleg endangered?
The colorful puffleg is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 colorful puffleg classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusEriocnemis
- SpeciesEriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- Colourful pufflegEnglish
- منتفخ الساق الملونArabic
- colibrí calçat multicolorCatalan
- papučka barevnáCzech
- kolibřík barevnýCzech
- sïedn bacsiog lliwgarWelsh
- PragtkvastbenDanish
- Blaubauch-HöschenkolibriGerman
- Weißohr-SchneehöschenGerman
- multkolora ŝukolibroEsperanto
- Calzadito admirableSpanish
- kirjosukkakolibriFinnish
- Érione multicoloreFrench
- kaukanski kolibrićCroatian
- Fiocchetto multicoloreItalian
- ニシキワタアシハチドリJapanese
- spalvingasis erionasLithuanian
- WitoorpluimbroekjeDutch
- RegnbogedunfotNorwegian Nynorsk
- regnbuedunfotNorwegian
- puchatek barwnyPolish
- calçudo-multicolorPortuguese
- calçadinho-multicolorPortuguese
- Белоухий эрионRussian
- Удивительный эрионRussian
- pančuchárik pestrýSlovak
- Šareni gaćasti kolibriSerbian
- praktdunbenaSwedish
- Mavi Karınlı PufayakTurkish
- еріон синьогрудийUkrainian
- 彩毛腿蜂鳥Chinese
- 彩毛腿蜂鸟Chinese
- 麗色鬆腿蜂鳥Chinese
Relatives of the colorful puffleg
Other species in the same genus Eriocnemis.
Black-breasted puffleg
Eriocnemis nigrivestis
Emerald-bellied puffleg
Eriocnemis aline
Black-thighed puffleg
Eriocnemis derbyi
Blue-capped puffleg
Eriocnemis glaucopoides
Sapphire-vented puffleg
Eriocnemis luciani
Golden-breasted puffleg
Eriocnemis mosquera
CompareColorful puffleg vs Black-breasted pufflegColorful puffleg vs Emerald-bellied pufflegColorful puffleg vs Black-thighed pufflegColorful puffleg vs Blue-capped puffleg
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the colorful puffleg?
An adult colorful puffleg weighs 5.06 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the colorful puffleg endangered?
The colorful 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 colorful puffleg?
The colorful puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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