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Photo by Steve Blain
Antisana, Ecuador, March 2005

Oreotrochilus chimborazo

Distribution

High Andes of Ecuador and south west Colombia .

Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• O. c. jamesonii:

• Andes of extreme southern Colombia (southern Nariño) to southern Ecuador (south to Azuay)

• O. c. chimborazo:

• Andes of central Ecuador (Volcán Chimborazo, possibly also Volcán Quilotoa)

Habitat

High-altitude grassland. Observed at heights around 4,500m elevation.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
3. Heynen, I. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Ecuadorian Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ecuhil1.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Ecuadorian Hillstar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ecuadorian_Hillstar

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