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Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae) - HBW 5, p. 643

French: Érione d’Aurélie German: Kupferglanz-Höschenkolibri Spanish: Calzadito Verdoso Norteño

Taxonomy: Trochilus Aureliæ Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Bogotá, Colombia.
Genus sometimes merged into Eriocnemis; also considered to be close to Urosticte and Ocreatus. May form superspecies with H. assimilis; these two usually considered conspecific, but plumage differences, together with disjunct distributions, support their treatment as separate species. Throughout its range this species shows considerable variation and consequently several additional races have been proposed: galindoi and floccus, both from Darién, included within caucensis; and bernali, from Santander (NC Colombia), within nominate.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Trochilus Aureliæ Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Bogotá, Colombia.
Genus sometimes merged into Eriocnemis; also considered to be close to Urosticte and Ocreatus. May form superspecies with H. assimilis; these two usually considered conspecific, but plumage differences, together with disjunct distributions, support their treatment as separate species. Throughout its range this species shows considerable variation and consequently several additional races have been proposed: galindoi and floccus, both from Darién, included within caucensis; and bernali, from Santander (NC Colombia), within nominate. Three subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • caucensis (Simon, 1911) - SE Panama and W & C Andes of Colombia.
  • aureliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - E Andes of Colombia, and probably also E slope of C Andes.
  • russata (Gould, 1871) - E slope of Andes of Ecuador.

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