Loja hummingbird

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Loja hummingbird
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A. alticola
Binomial name
Amazilia alticola
Gould, 1860

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The Loja hummingbird, amazilia alticola, is a species of hummingbird found in southern Ecuador and northern Peru in the edges of cloud forest and open scrub between 1000 and 2200 m altitude. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the amazilia hummingbird, Amazilia amazilia.

References

  • Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5, J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Barcelona, 1999
  • Hummingbird splits