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 | 
| Type species | |
| Trochilus aureliae Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846 | |
| 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 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.