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Green-headed Hillstar
Oreotrochilus stolzmanni Salvin, 1895
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Green-headed Hillstar, Oreotrochilus stolzmanni, is a hummingbird of the Andes in southern Ecuador and northern and central Peru. It belongs to the family Trochilidae and the order Apodiformes. First described by Salvin in 1895, it is one of seven species in Oreotrochilus. It can be told from its close relatives by small differences in plumage. Its name refers to a bronze and green crown and a gorget of bright emerald green. Hillstars in this genus are notable within hummingbirds for living at high elevations in the cold Andes.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: s Ecuador and n, c Peru
