Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) - HBW 5, p. 643
French: Érione givrée
German: Schuppenbauch-Höschenkolibri
Spanish: Calzadito Canoso
Taxonomy: Eriopus lugens Gould, 1851, Quito, Ecuador.
Genus sometimes merged into Eriocnemis; also considered to be close to Urosticte and Ocreatus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pacific slope of SW Colombia (Nariño) and NW Ecuador.
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A perched bird defacating once Locality Mindo Loma Lodge, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Garry George 19 April 2005 4 years ago 18 sec 3.3
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Hoary Puffleg at Reserva Las Gralarias.
Locality Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 22 October 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
Adult perched.
Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 28 December 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird landing on a feeder. The photo isn't very sharp, also very dark but that enhances the white leg-puffs!
Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 6 February 2011 37 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult bird, seen front-on, sitting on a twig in rainy afternoon gloom.
Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 6 February 2011 33 weeks ago 3.2
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Foraging calls. Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 22 October 2009 2 years ago 4
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