Birds of the World - Haplophaedia


Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis) Range: SA: Peru and Bolivia Manu Road, Peru
Photograph by Peter Kaestner © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis assimilis) Range: SA: Peru and Bolivia Old Coroico Rd, Bolivia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae caucensis) Range: MA, SA: e Panama, Colombia and Ecuador ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae) Range: MA, SA: e Panama, Colombia and Ecuador ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Puffs at base of legs sometimes small or not noticeable. White on belly variable (related to sex or subspecies?). Often misidentified; note coppery head and rump and smallish size. Found inside the forest, often perched about two meters above the ground.


Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) Near Threatened Range: SA: sw Colombia to nw Ecuador RN La Planada, Nariño, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) Near Threatened Range: SA: sw Colombia to nw Ecuador RN La Planada, Nariño, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Found inside the forest, and similar to the Greenish Puffleg, but less green and more grey/drab. Male and female similar, but male is dark grey in front, while female is lighter (hoary). Note rufous rump and head can be hard too see in the field.
Flashed to bring out colors.