Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis) | Photos and ID

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Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 2 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 3 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 4 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 5 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 6 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 8 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 9 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis), photo 10 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The buff-thighed puffleg is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 5 to 6 g (0.18 to 0.21 oz). It has a straight blackish bill. Adults of both sexes of the nominate subspecies are mostly dark green and have a slightly forked blue-black tail. Their namesake leg puffs are creamy buff to whitish. H. a. affinis is a darker green overall and has a bluer tail; its leg puffs are pale rufous. Juveniles are like adults with the addition of brown fringes on the feathers of the head and neck. Voice: What is thought to be the buff-thighed puffleg's song is "a repeated single strident note 'tsuk...tsuk...tsuk...'... occasionally interspersed by a double-noted 'tsi-tsuk'". It also makes "a dry rattle and some chattering notes in series."

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When to see the Buff-thighed Puffleg

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Buff-thighed Puffleg

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Bolivia

About the Buff-thighed Puffleg

The buff-thighed puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Hoary PufflegHaplophaedia lugensThe hoary puffleg is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 5 to 6 g (0.18 to 0.21 oz).

Greenish PufflegHaplophaedia aureliaeThe greenish puffleg is 9 to 11.6 cm (3.5 to 4.6 in) long and weighs 4 to 6.5 g (0.14 to 0.23 oz).

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