Ecuadorian Hillstar

When to see the Ecuadorian Hillstar

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ecuadorian Hillstar

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.

About the Ecuadorian Hillstar

The Ecuadorian hillstar or Chimborazo hillstar is a species of hummingbird. It is native to the Andes of Ecuador and extreme southern Colombia. Its main habitat type is high-altitude mountain grassland between 3500 and 5200 meters.

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Easily confused with

Andean HillstarOreotrochilus estellaThe Andean hillstar is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long. White-sided HillstarOreotrochilus leucopleurusThe white-sided hillstar is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 7.9 to 8.4 g (0.28 to 0.30 oz). Black-breasted HillstarOreotrochilus melanogasterThe black-breasted hillstar is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 8.4 g (0.30 oz).