Buff-thighed Puffleg
Haplophaedia assimilis(Elliot, DG, 1876)
English (US) Buff-thighed Puffleg
The Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Haplophaedia assimilis
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buff-thighed Puffleg
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Haplophaedia assimilis affinis
- Haplophaedia assimilis assimilis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Eriocnemis assimilis
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1876)
- Type locality
- Apollo and Tilo-tilo, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 1 p.227
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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