Hoary Puffleg

Haplophaedia lugens (Gould, 1852)

Spanish: Calzadito Canoso

The Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 6.9 g and its bill is 19.2 mm long. It lives in Ecuador and Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near threatened, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.9 g, about 7 paperclips

Bill

19.2 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Near threatened, stable

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
4. Genus Haplophaedia pufflegs

What Haplophaedia share: Fluffy 'puffs' of feathers on the legs.

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Ecuador
• Colombia

Others in the genus Haplophaedia

• Buff-thighed Puffleg Haplophaedia assimilis
• Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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