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title: "Glowing Puffleg"
description: "Eriocnemis vestita — Uccelli. The glowing puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) is a species of hummingbird in the \"brilliants\", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/glowing-puffleg
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Glowing Puffleg

> Eriocnemis vestita — Uccelli. The glowing puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae.

- Scientific name: *Eriocnemis vestita*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 737
- Wikidata: [Q1269647](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269647)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6276](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6276)

## Names

- en: Glowing Puffleg
- de: Violettkehl-Höschenkolibri
- es: Calzadito Reluciente
- fr: Érione pattue
- pl: Puchatek szmaragdowy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (344), EC (47), PE (4)

## Summary

The glowing puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glowing_puffleg

## Photo

![Glowing Puffleg](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/glowing-puffleg/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tiago Lubiana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/322148193

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/glowing-puffleg?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).