Haplophaedia
Genus of birds
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Haplophaedia is a small genus of hummingbirds, which – together with the members of the genus Eriocnemis – are known as pufflegs. They are found at low levels in humid forest, woodland and shrub at altitudes of 1,200 to 3,100 m (3,900 to 10,200 ft) in the Andes of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. All species have a straight black bill, a coppery-green plumage, and a slightly forked dark blue tail. The leg-puffs are white in the greenish and hoary pufflegs, and buff-tinged in the buff-thighed puffleg.
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| Haplophaedia | |
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| Greenish puffleg, Haplophaedia aureliae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheini |
| Genus: | Haplophaedia Simon, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus aureliae[1] Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846 | |
| Species | |
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2-3, see text | |
Species
Three species are currently recognized,[2] though the buff-thighed puffleg is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greenish puffleg.
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenish puffleg
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Haplophaedia aureliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Buff-thighed puffleg
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Haplophaedia assimilis (Elliot, 1876) Two subspecies
|
Bolivia and Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Hoary puffleg
|
Haplophaedia lugens (Gould, 1852) |
Colombia and Ecuador. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
|
