Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Loja Hummingbird (Amazilia alticola) - HBW 5, p. 596

French: Ariane alticole German: Lojaamazilie Spanish: Amazilia de Loja

Taxonomy: Amazilia alticola Gould, 1860, Puna district, Peru; error = Loja, Ecuador.
Forms a superspecies with A. amazilia, of which formerly considered a race; differs in coloration, song repertoire and habitat requirements, and probably parapatric with A. amazilia dumerilii in Casanga Valley (C Loja), where no interbreeding yet observed. Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes of S Ecuador; doubtfully N Peru.