Green-backed Hillstar

Urochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864

Spanish: Colibrí de Bouguer Oriental

The Green-backed Hillstar (Urochroa leucura) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 11.4 g and its bill is 32.2 mm long. It lives in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

11.4 g, about 11 paperclips

Bill

32.2 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
4. Genus Urochroa hillstars

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Peru

Others in the genus Urochroa

• Rufous-gaped Hillstar Urochroa bougueri

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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