Green-headed Hillstar
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| Oreotrochilus stolzmanni Salvin, 1895 |
The Green-headed Hillstar, Oreotrochilus stolzmanni, is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes in southern Ecuador and northern and central Peru in alpine grassland at 3600-4200 m altitude.
It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Andean Hillstar, Oreotrochilus estella.
The binomial name commemorates Polish ornithologist Jan Sztolcman (Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann).
[edit] References
- Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5, J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
- Hummingbird splits
