Greenish puffleg
Haplophaedia aureliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
The greenish puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.2 g to 5.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the greenish puffleg
- Weight
- 5.2 g – 5.9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the greenish puffleg live?
Not recorded
What is the greenish puffleg?
The greenish puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.
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Is the greenish puffleg endangered?
The greenish puffleg is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the greenish puffleg classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusHaplophaedia
- SpeciesHaplophaedia aureliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Synonyms Eriocnemis aureliae, Trochilus aureliae
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- منتفخ الساق المخضرArabic
- colibrí calçat verdósCatalan
- papučka zelenkaváCzech
- kolibřík zelenkavýCzech
- sïedn bacsiog gwyrddWelsh
- BronzekvastbenDanish
- Kupferglanz-HöschenkolibriGerman
- BunthöschenGerman
- verdeta ŝukolibroEsperanto
- Calzoncitos verdosoSpanish
- Calzadito VerdosoSpanish
- Calzadito verdoso norteñoSpanish
- puistokolibriFinnish
- Érione d'AurélieFrench
- Érione d’AurélieFrench
- bakrenastoglavi kolibrićCroatian
- Fiocchetto verdastroItalian
- ミドリアシゲハチドリJapanese
- žalsvoji haplofedijaLithuanian
- AureliapluimbroekjeDutch
- kobberhodedunfotNorwegian
- puchatek andyjskiPolish
- calçudo-esverdeadoPortuguese
- calçadinho-esverdeado-do-nortePortuguese
- Сверкающий эрионRussian
- Зелёная хаплофедияRussian
- pančuchárik lesnýSlovak
- Zelenkasti gaćasti kolibriSerbian
- bronsdunbenaSwedish
- Bakır Rengi PufayakTurkish
- колібрі-пухоніг золотистоголовийUkrainian
- 淡綠蓬腿蜂鳥Chinese
- 淡绿蓬腿蜂鸟Chinese
Relatives of the greenish puffleg
Other species in the same genus Haplophaedia.
Hoary puffleg
Haplophaedia lugens
Buff-thighed puffleg
Haplophaedia assimilis
CompareGreenish puffleg vs Hoary pufflegGreenish puffleg vs Buff-thighed puffleg
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the greenish puffleg?
An adult greenish puffleg weighs 5.2 g – 5.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the greenish puffleg endangered?
The greenish puffleg is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the greenish puffleg?
The greenish puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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