Greenish puffleg

Greenish puffleg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Haplophaedia
Species: H. aureliae
Binomial name
Haplophaedia aureliae
Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846

The greenish puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It often includes the buff-thighed puffleg as a subspecies.

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