Greenish puffleg | |
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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.