Green-headed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus stolzmanni)

Other Names (World)
Green-headed Hillstar, Stolzmann's Hillstar

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
13 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvin, 1895

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland. From 2,400 - 5,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Andes of northern and central Peru (Cajamarca, Huánuco); recently reported from southern Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Green-headed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [XC380426]
by Niels Krabbe from Ancash: near Mishquicuyucu, Yanac-Sihuas pass, Peru (call, chase calls)

Green-headed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [XC380428]
by Charlie Vogt from Ancash: near Mishquicuyucu, Yanac-Sihuas pass, Peru (call, song, song\/call from perch)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella), Ecuadorian Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) and White-sided Hillstar (Oreotrochilus leucopleurus), and all have been considered conspecific, but separated largely on morphological grounds. Frequently lumped into Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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