Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Greenish Puffleg

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Haplophaedia aureliae

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Greenish Puffleg is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Greenish Puffleg
Kingdom same	Animalia (hayvan)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Mammalia (memeliler)	Aves (kuş)
Order	Chiroptera (yarasa)	Apodiformes (Ebabiller)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Haplophaedia
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Haplophaedia aureliae

Evolutionary Relationship

Decken's Horseshoe Bat and Greenish Puffleg share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Kordalılar)

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Greenish Puffleg

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Greenish Puffleg
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greenish Puffleg

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

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.