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Emerald-bellied puffleg

Eriocnemis aline (Bourcier, 1843)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The emerald-bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis aline) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 4.24 g to 4.25 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Emerald-bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis aline)
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the emerald-bellied puffleg

Weight
4.24 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the emerald-bellied puffleg live?

Not recorded

What is the emerald-bellied puffleg?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The emerald-bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis aline) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in the subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Emerald-bellied puffleg” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emerald-bellied_puffleg&oldid=1313855506), 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 emerald-bellied puffleg endangered?

The emerald-bellied puffleg is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the emerald-bellied puffleg classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusEriocnemis
  7. SpeciesEriocnemis aline (Bourcier, 1843)

Synonyms Engyete alinae, Eriocnemis alinae, Ornismya aline

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • منتفخ الساق زمردي الصدرArabic
  • colibrí calçat pitblancCatalan
  • papučka smaragdovobřicháCzech
  • kolibřík smaragdovobřichýCzech
  • Smaragd KvastbenDanish
  • Weißbrust-HöschenkolibriGerman
  • smeraldventra ŝukolibroEsperanto
  • Calzadito pechiblancoSpanish
  • Calzadito de Vientre EsmeraldaSpanish
  • smaragdisukkakolibriFinnish
  • Érione d'AlineFrench
  • Érione d’AlineFrench
  • smaragdnorepi kolibrićCroatian
  • Fiocchetto panciasmeraldoItalian
  • ミドリワタアシハチドリJapanese
  • žaliasis erionasLithuanian
  • SmaragdpluimbroekjeDutch
  • SmaragdbuikpluimbroekjeDutch
  • hvitbrystdunfotNorwegian
  • puchatek zielonyPolish
  • calçudo-de-peito-brancoPortuguese
  • calçadinho-de-peito-brancoPortuguese
  • Изумрудный эрионRussian
  • pančuchárik bieloprsýSlovak
  • Gaćasti kolibri smaragdnog trbuhaSerbian
  • smaragddunbenaSwedish
  • Zümrüt Yeşili PufayakTurkish
  • еріон смарагдовийUkrainian
  • 翠腹毛腿蜂鸟Chinese
  • 翠腹鬆腿蜂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the emerald-bellied 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 emerald-bellied puffleg?

An adult emerald-bellied puffleg weighs 4.24 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the emerald-bellied puffleg endangered?

The emerald-bellied puffleg is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the emerald-bellied puffleg?

The emerald-bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis aline) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Emerald-bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis aline). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/emerald-bellied-puffleg

MLA

“Emerald-bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis aline).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/emerald-bellied-puffleg.

BibTeX
@misc{emerald_bellied_puffleg_2026,
  title = {Emerald-bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis aline)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/emerald-bellied-puffleg},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}