Greenish Puffleg - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Stanley Jones
Fundo Alto Nieva, San Martín, Peru, January 2017

Haplophaedia aureliae

Identification

9–11·6 cm (3½-4½ in)
Male

• Coppery-green upperparts, head and neck
• White thighs

Distribution

Central America and South America
Central America: Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Photo by Pitter
Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, June 2017

There are 6 subspecies^[1]:

• H. a. floccus

• extreme eastern Panama and adjacent northwestern Colombia (Cerro Malí, Cerro Tacarcuna)

• H. a. galindoi

'extreme eastern Panama (Cerro Pirre)

• H. a. caucensis:

• Western and central Andes of Colombia

• H. a. aureliae:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia and (?) east slope of central Andes

• H. a. russata:

• Eastern slope of Andes of Ecuador

• H. a. cutucuensis:

• Mountains of eastern Ecuador (Cordillera de Cutucú)

Habitat

Wet and humid montane and pre-montane subtropical forests and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar taken from a wide range of tubular (particularly red) flowers, trees and shrubs. They defend their territory very aggressively.

Breeding

Their cup-shaped nest is constructed from dead leaves; it is lined with hair, moss and stems of maple leaves.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2016)
4. AvianWeb

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Greenish Puffleg. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greenish_Puffleg

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