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White-tailed Hillstar
Urochroa leucura Lawrence, GN 1864
The green-backed hillstar formerly known as White-tailed hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, and one of two species in the genus Urochroa. It is found in humid montane forests on the east Andean slope of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Source: Wikipedia
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Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Genus:
Urochroa
Scientific:
Urochroa leucura
Classification
Order:Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Genus:
Urochroa
Scientific:
Urochroa leucura
Original description
Citation:
Lawrence, GN 1864
Reference:
Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York
8(1867) p.43
Protonym:
Urochroa leucura
Type locality:
Ecuador.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54331#page/63/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
41B02B1C4605BC79
Avibase ID:
avibase-41B02B1C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/41B02B1C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693754
Geographic range:
- Urochroa leucura: east slope of Andes from southern Colombia (Nariño) to eastern Ecuador (south at least to Morona-Santiago) and northern Peru (Amazonas, San Martín)
Source: Clements checklist
White-tailed Hillstar
Catalan:
Colibrí de Lawrence
Czech:
kolibřík zelenohřbetý
Danish:
Brungabet Bjergkolibri
German:
Bronzebürzelkolibri
Spanish:
Colibrí de Bouguer oriental
Spanish (Spain):
Colibrí de Bouguer oriental
French:
Colibri à queue blanche
Croatian:
srebrnastorepi kolibrić
Italian:
Orostella codabianca
Japanese:
オジロルリムネハチドリ
Dutch:
Groenrugbergnimf
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvithalebergstjerne
Norwegian:
Hvithalebergstjerne
Polish:
andokoliberek modrolicy
Portuguese:
beija-flor-de-cauda-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
colibri-de-dorso-verde
Russian:
Безусый диамант
Slovak:
briliantovec zelenochrbtý
Serbian:
Zelenoleđa planinska zvezda
Swedish:
vitstjärtad kolibri
Ukrainian:
колібрі зеленоспинний
Chinese:
绿背山蜂鸟
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): White-tailed Hillstar (leucura) ( Urochroa bougueri leucura) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): White-tailed Hillstar (leucura) ( Urochroa bougueri leucura) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): White-tailed Hillstar (leucura) ( Urochroa bougueri leucura) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): White-tailed Hillstar (leucura) ( Urochroa bougueri leucura) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): White-tailed Hillstar (leucura) ( Urochroa bougueri leucura) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): White-tailed Hillstar (leucura) ( Urochroa bougueri leucura) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: White-tailed Hillstar (White-tailed) ( Urochroa bougueri leucura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White-tailed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Green-backed Hillstar ( Urochroa leucura) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Urochroa bougueri leucura [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Urochroa [bougueri or leucura]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Colibrí de Lawrence
Czech: kolibřík zelenohřbetý
Danish: Brungabet Bjergkolibri
German: Blaukehl-Andenkolibri, Bronzebürzelkolibri
English: Green-backed Hillstar, White-tailed Hillstar, White-tailed Hillstar (leucura), White-tailed Hillstar (White-tailed)
English, HBW: White-tailed Hillstar
English (IOC): Green-backed Hillstar, White-tailed Hillstar
English (United States): Green-backed Hillstar
Spanish: Colibrí de Bouguer oriental
Spanish (Colombia): Colibrí nagüiblanco
Spanish (Ecuador): Estrella Coliblanca, Estrella Lomiverde
Spanish (Spain): Colibrí de Bouguer oriental
Spanish (Peru): Estrella de Dorso Verde
Estonian: lõuna-ojakoolibri
French: Brillant à queue blanche, Colibri à queue blanche, Colibri de Bouguer (à queue blanche), Colibri de Bouguer (leucura), Colibri des montagnes à queue blanche
Croatian: srebrnastorepi kolibrić
Italian: Orostella codabianca
Japanese (romaji): rurimunehachidori (leucura)
Japanese: オジロルリムネハチドリ, ルリムネハチドリ (leucura)
Scientific: Urochroa bougueri leucura, Urochroa leucura, Urochroa leucura leucura
Dutch: Groenrugbergnimf
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvithalebergstjerne
Norwegian: bergkolibri (leucura), Hvithalebergstjerne
Polish: andokoliberek modrolicy
Portuguese: beija-flor-de-cauda-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): colibri-de-dorso-verde
Russian: Безусый диамант
Slovak: briliantovec zelenochrbtý, ink zelenochrbtý
Serbian: Zelenoleđa planinska zvezda
Swedish: vitstjärtad kolibri
Turkish: Yeşil sırtlı akkuyruk
Ukrainian: колібрі зеленоспинний
Chinese: 绿背山蜂鸟
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