Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
White-sided Hillstar (Oreotrochilus leucopleurus) - HBW 5, p. 624
French: Colibri à flancs blancs
German: Weißflanken-Andenkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Cordillerano
Taxonomy: Oreotrochilus leucopleurus Gould, 1847, Chilean Cordilleras.
Forms a superspecies with O. estella, O. chimborazo and O. stolzmanni, and all four have been considered conspecific, but separated largely on morphological grounds; O. estella overlaps slightly with present species, and some hybridization reported, in spite of which present species is the form least frequently lumped into O. estella. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Bolivia (Tarija) S through Andes to SC Chile (Bío-Bío) and S Argentina (WC Santa Cruz).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a rock Locality Farellones, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Frank Witebsky 2005 4 years ago 43 sec 3.7 -
male arrives on rock, looking round, then leaves Locality Farellones, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 November 2011 22 weeks ago 25 sec 3.3 -
rear view of male on rock, stretches wings and spreads tail Locality Farellones, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 November 2011 22 weeks ago 16 sec 3 -
front view of male perched on rock overhead Locality Farellones, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 November 2011 22 weeks ago 23 sec 2.3
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A bird perched
Locality La Rioja Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 26 June 2007 2 years ago 2.3
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