White-sided hillstar
| White-sided hillstar | |
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| Male above (Chile), female below (Argentina) | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Oreotrochilus |
| Species: | O. leucopleurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreotrochilus leucopleurus Gould, 1847
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| Distribution in South America (green) | |
The white-sided hillstar (Oreotrochilus leucopleurus) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile.