Black-mantled Goshawk vs Greenish Puffleg

Accipiter melanochlamys compared with Haplophaedia aureliae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-mantled Goshawk Greenish Puffleg
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same Chordata (Chordates) Chordata (Chordates)
Class same Aves (Birds) Aves (Birds)
Order Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles) Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles) Trochilidae
Genus Accipiter Haplophaedia
Species Accipiter melanochlamys Haplophaedia aureliae

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-mantled Goshawk and Greenish Puffleg share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

Conservation Status

Black-mantled Goshawk

LC — Least Concern

Greenish Puffleg

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Black-mantled Goshawk Greenish Puffleg
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-mantled Goshawk

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Greenish Puffleg

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Black-mantled Goshawk

The Black-mantled Goshawk (Accipiter melanochlamys) is a species in the genus Accipiter. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Greenish Puffleg

A small, greenish hummingbird of humid Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama, greenish pufflegs are named for the distinctive white fluffy leg puffs — feather tufts on the tarsi — shared by all members of the puffleg genus Haplophaedia. They inhabit forest edges and secondary growth at elevations of 800–2,100 meters, foraging for nectar at small flowering plants in the understory. Listed as Least Concern with relatively stable populations across their range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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