The green-headed hillstar is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern and central Peru. It is one of 6 species in the genus Oreotrochilus, and can be distinguished from its relatives by subtle differences in plumage coloration. The green-headed hillstar received its name due to its bronze and green crown and gorget of bright emerald green plumage. The species was first discovered by English ornithologist Osbert Salvin in 1895 and named after Polish ornithologist Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Salvin, O 1895
Reference:
Novit. Zool.
2 p.17
Protonym:
Oreotrochilus stolzmanni
Avibase ID:
CFFF429637FFF836
Avibase ID:
avibase-CFFF4296
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CFFF4296
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693766
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Andean Hillstar (Green-headed) ( Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Oreotrochilus estella stilzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Oreotrochilus stolzmanni [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Oreotrochilus stolzmanni [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Oreotrochilus stolzmanni [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Green-headed Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus stolzmanni) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Oreotrochilus [estella or stolzmanni]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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