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The wedge-tailed hillstar is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 7.4 to 8.3 g (0.26 to 0.29 oz). Adults have a medium length slightly decurved black bill. Both sexes' upperparts are gray-brown with a bronzy cast. The adult male has a glittering green gorget and chestnut underparts with a bold black stripe down the center. The tail is graduated and mostly blue-black; all but the central feathers have cinnamon inner webs. The adult female's throat is white with grayish and green spots and the rest of the underparts are pale rufous. Voice: The male wedge-tailed hillstar's display song is "a medley of intense twittering notes interspersed by a distinct descending cadence".
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When to see the Wedge-tailed Hillstar
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Wedge-tailed Hillstar
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Wedge-tailed Hillstar
The wedge-tailed hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.
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Easily confused with
Green-headed HillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanniThe green-headed hillstar is a species of South American hummingbird ranging in length from 12 to 13 cm and weighing between 7.9 and 8.4 g.
Blue-throated HillstarOreotrochilus cyanolaemusThe top of the head of the male blue-throated hillstar is iridescent emerald green, which extends from the forehead to the base of the crown.
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).
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