| Ecuadorian Hillstar | |
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| male specimen at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Oreotrochilus |
| Species: | O. chimborazo |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreotrochilus chimborazo DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846 |
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The Ecuadorian Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in grassland, scrub and stunted woodland at altitudes of 3,500 to 5,200 metres (11,500 to 17,100 ft) (no other species of hummingbird occurs at higher altitudes) in the Andes of Ecuador and far southern Colombia. Uniquely among the hillstars, the males head is mainly bluish-purple.