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Mountain Avocetbill
Opisthoprora euryptera (Loddiges, 1832)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Mountain Avocetbill, Opisthoprora euryptera, is a hummingbird of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It is the only species in its genus and was first described by Loddiges in 1832. This bird is set apart by a short bill that curves up at the tip. It occurs in elfin forest and humid montane forest, including edges, openings and roadside shrubbery, from about 1,700 m to 3,600 m depending on country. It is sedentary across its range and has been recorded taking nectar and small insects.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to n Peru
