Ecuadorian hillstar

Ecuadorian hillstar
	Male on Chuquiraga sp.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Oreotrochilus
Species:	O. chimborazo
Binomial name
	Oreotrochilus chimborazo; DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846

The Ecuadorian hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) is a species of hummingbird. It is native to the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.

Its main habitat type is high-altitude mountain grassland between 3500 and 5200 meters.^[2] It has been observed nesting at high on the cliffs of the volcano Cotopaxi.^[3]

It is known to nest colonially.^[4]

References

^ Template:IUCN
^ BirdLife International. (2013). Species factsheet: Oreotrochilus chimborazo. birdlife.org
^ Smith, G. T. (1969). A high altitude hummingbird on the volcano Cotopaxi. Ibis 111(1), 17-22.
^ Solano-Ugalde, A. (2008). High in the Andes: Colonial nesting of Ecuadorean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo: Trochilidae) under a bridge. Ornitología Colombiana 6, 86-88.

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[1] Template:IUCN

[2] BirdLife International. (2013). Species factsheet: Oreotrochilus chimborazo. birdlife.org

[3] Smith, G. T. (1969). A high altitude hummingbird on the volcano Cotopaxi. Ibis 111(1), 17-22.

[4] Solano-Ugalde, A. (2008). High in the Andes: Colonial nesting of Ecuadorean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo: Trochilidae) under a bridge. Ornitología Colombiana 6, 86-88.

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