Blue-throated Hillstar - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by onca
Cerro de Arcos, Provincia Loja, Ecuador, 28 December 2020

Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus

Distribution

Andes of southwestern Ecuador (Cordillera de Chilla-Tioloma-Fierro Urcu, on the El Oro/Loja border)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1] which is recently described (2018).

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blue-throated Hillstar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-throated_Hillstar

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