Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Colombia
Status: The Greenish Puffleg is uncommon in humid montane forest on the east slope of the northern Andes at elevations ranging between 1600-2450 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Calzadito Verdoso.
Sub-species: Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae cutucuensis), Schuchmann, Weller, and Heynen, 2000.
Meaning of Name: Haplophaedia: Gr. Haploos= sheer, simple and phaidros= brilliant, bright. aureliae: In honor of Péronne Aurélie Hénon née Favre (1814-1889) wife of French botanist and politician Dr Jacques-Louis Hénon.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.