Blue-throated hillstar
| Blue-throated hillstar | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Oreotrochilus |
| Species: | O. cyanolaemus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus Sornoza-Molina, Freile, Nilsson, J, Krabbe & Bonaccorso, 2018 | |
The blue-throated hillstar (Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus) is a hummingbird found only in a small portion of the southwestern Andes in Ecuador. It was discovered in 2017.