Wedge-tailed Hillstar
Oreotrochilus adela(d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1839)
English (US) Wedge-tailed Hillstar
The Wedge-tailed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus adela) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Andes of Bolivia and adjacent ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oreotrochilus adela
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wedge-tailed Hillstar
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Adela
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1839)
- Type locality
- Chuquisaca, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 8 cl.2 p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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