Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri) | Photos and ID

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Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 1 — Photo: no rights reserved, uploaded by Dario Taraborelli · cc0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 2 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 3 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 4 — Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 5 — Photo: Amber M. King · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 6 — Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 7 — Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 8 — Photo: lallen · CC0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 9 — Photo: lallen · CC0

Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri), photo 10 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The rufous-gaped hillstar is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long including its approximately 3 cm (1.2 in) bill. It weighs 8.5 to 12.5 g (0.30 to 0.44 oz). The sexes are alike. They have a long, straight, black bill and coppery green upperparts. The English name comes from the rufous-cinnamon malar streak on the face. The throat and breast are iridescent blue and the belly dull gray. The central and outermost tail feathers are black and the rest white with dusky gray edges. Juveniles are similar to adults with the addition of buffy fringes on the head feathers.

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When to see the Rufous-gaped Hillstar

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

Where to see the Rufous-gaped Hillstar

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador

About the Rufous-gaped Hillstar

The rufous-gaped hillstar, formerly included in the white-tailed hillstar, is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

Green-backed HillstarUrochroa leucuraThe green-backed hillstar is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long including its approximately 3 cm (1.2 in) bill.

Side by side: Green-backed Hillstar vs Rufous-gaped Hillstar

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