Eriocnemis

Belongs within: Trochilinae.

Eriocnemis, pufflegs, is a genus of hummingbirds characterised by distinct dense tufts of feathers at the top of the legs.

<==Eriocnemis Reichenbach 1849 [Eriocneminae]B94
    |  i. s.: E. derbyiJT12
    |         E. godiniJT12
    |         E. isabellaeJT12
    |         E. mirabilisJT12
    |--+--E. alinaeBKB15
    |  `--+--E. cupreoventrisBKB15
    |     `--E. lucianiBKB15
    `--+--E. glaucopoidesBKB15
       `--+--E. mosqueraBKB15
          `--+--E. nigrivestisBKB15
             `--E. vestitaBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.