Loja hummingbird

Loja hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trochiliformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Amazilia
Species: A. alticola
Trinomial name
Amazilia amazilia 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).

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