Haplophaedia

Haplophaedia
Greenish puffleg, Haplophaedia aureliae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Heliantheini
Genus:	Haplophaedia Simon, 1918
Species
2-3, see text

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 1200 to 3100 m. asl 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.

Species

Three species are currently recognized, though the buff-thighed puffleg is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greenish puffleg.

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Haplophaedia aureliae	Greenish puffleg	Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
	Haplophaedia (aureliae) assimilis	Buff-thighed puffleg	Bolivia and Peru
	Haplophaedia lugens	Hoary puffleg	Colombia and Ecuador.

References

• Heynen, I. (1999). Genus Haplophaedia. Pp. 643 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, J. eds. (1999). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3