2-3, see text Haplophaedia is a small genus of hummingbirds, which – together with the members of the genus Eriocnemis – are known as pufflegs.

They are found at low levels in humid forest, woodland and shrub at altitudes of 1,200 to 3,100 m (3,900 to 10,200 ft) in the Andes of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.

All species have a straight black bill, a coppery-green plumage, and a slightly forked dark blue tail.

The leg-puffs are white in the greenish and hoary pufflegs, and buff-tinged in the buff-thighed puffleg.

Three species are currently recognized,[2] though the buff-thighed puffleg is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greenish puffleg.