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Hoary Puffleg

Haplophaedia lugens

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedNectarForestDomed nestTiny · 7 g
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 1
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Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 2
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 3
Photo: Jacob Saucier · CC BY 4.0
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 4
Photo: Jacob Saucier · CC BY 4.0
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 5
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 6
Photo: Jacob Saucier · CC BY 4.0
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 7
Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens), photo 8
Photo: (c) Jacob Saucier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The 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). It has a straight black bill. Males have bronze-green upperparts with a coppery hue on the crown and rump. The underparts are dark gray with a whitish scaly appearance on the throat and breast and a greenish sheen on the flanks. The leg puffs are white on the outside and chestnut on the inside. The slightly forked tail is blackish. Females are similar but duller overall and their leg puffs are entirely white. Juveniles resemble females. Voice: Only one hoary puffleg vocalization has been described, "a single strident 'tzik' or doubled 'tsi-tsik', repeated at irregular intervals". It is given both from a perch and in flight.

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When to see the Hoary Puffleg

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hoary Puffleg

Regular range

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

Ecuador Colombia

About the Hoary Puffleg

The hoary puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis) Buff-thighed PufflegHaplophaedia assimilisThe 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). Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae) 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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