Pufflegs Species

Puffleg Information Page

Genus Eriocnemis

• Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis)
• Black-thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi)
• Blue-capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides)
• Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis)
• Coppery-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis
• upreoventris)
• Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis alinae)
• Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestitus)
• Golden-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera)
• Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae)
• Turquoise-throated Puffleg (Eriocnemis godini) – possibly extinct
• Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
• Coppery-naped Puffleg (Eriocnemis [luciani] sapphiropygia)

Genus Haplophaedia

• Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens)
  • Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae)
    • Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia [aureliae] assimilis)

Other Hummingbirds Known as “Pufflegs”

• Genus Ocreatus
  • Booted Racket-tail or Racket-tailed Puffleg (Ocreatus underwoodii)

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