The coppery-naped puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia) is a subspecies of hummingbird found in the Andes in Peru in wet montane forest edges between 2000 and 4000 m altitude. It is usually considered a subspecies of the sapphire-vented puffleg, Eriocnemis luciani.
| Coppery-naped puffleg | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Eriocnemis |
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| Subspecies: | E. l. sapphiropygia
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| Trinomial name | |
| Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia Taczanowski, 1874
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Eriocnemis sapphiropygia | |
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Eriocnemis sapphiropygia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T61162365A95165142. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61162365A95165142.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5, J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
- Hummingbird splits
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