Black-breasted Hillstar
- Scientific name
- Oreotrochilus melanogaster
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Shrubland
- Wing shape
- Pointed
- Tail shape
- Notched
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Why it matters
The Black-breasted Hillstar is a high-altitude hummingbird endemic to the Andes of central Peru, where it thrives in extreme, rugged environments above the treeline. Prized by ornithologists and birders for its specialized adaptation to thin mountain air, this species is distinguished by its pointed wings and distinctively notched tail, both of which aid its agile flight among alpine shrubs.
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