Listen to the Glowing puffleg
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About the Glowing puffleg
The Glowing puffleg is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Glowing puffleg sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call/song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Glowing puffleg sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Glowing puffleg on this page, including its call/song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Glowing puffleg endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Glowing puffleg as “least concern”.
What family does the Glowing puffleg belong to?
The Glowing puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Call/song · Zamora-Chinchipe: camp on Ventanilla-Christopher Parson… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1269647 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Glowing puffleg – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Keith Bowers – CC BY-SA 3.0