Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Status: The Buff-thighed Puffleg is uncommon in humid montane forests on the east slope of the southern Andes of Peru at elevations ranging between 1600-2450 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Calzadito de Muslo Anteado.
Sub-species: Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis affinis), Taczanowski, 1884. E slope of Andes of N & C Peru (Amazonas S to Huánuco; also Cerros del Sira.
(Haplophaedia assimilis assimilis), Elliot, 1876. E slope from S Peru (Cuzco) to C Bolivia (Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Haplophaedia: Gr. Haploos= sheer, simple and phaidros= brilliant, bright. assimilis: L. assimilis similar, like.
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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.