| Blue-throated hillstar | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Oreotrochilus |
| Species: | O. cyanolaemus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus Sornoza-Molina, Freile, Nilsson, J, Krabbe & Bonaccorso, 2018
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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.[2][3]
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Species limits in Oreotrochilus". www.museum.lsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- ^ "New hummingbird species discovered in Ecuador". Nature and Culture International. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2020-07-25.