Biology:Loja hummingbird

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Short description: Subspecies of bird

Amazilia alticola alticola
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Amazilia
Species:
Subspecies:
A. a. alticola
Trinomial name
Amazilia alticola alticola
Gould, 1860

The Loja hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia alticola) is a hummingbird found in western Ecuador on the edge of cloud forest and open scrub between 1000 and 2200 m altitude. It is usually considered a subspecies of the amazilia hummingbird (A. amazilia).

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1131174 entry