| Mountain Velvetbreast | |
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| Male in Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Lafresnaya Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | L. lafresnayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lafresnaya lafresnayi Boissonneau, 1840 |
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The Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.