This species was not discovered until 2018, and is critically endangered. Ours was the first birding tour group to see it. We are hoping that future income from birding tourists will motivate the local landowners to preserve the few small patches of its habitat that have not yet been converted to pastureland.
A new species discovered in 2018. Compare to [Ecuadorian Hillstar] but note ultramarine blue throat. Found in southwest Ecuador at 3,700 meters on east and west slope. A few hundred individuals are believed to exist.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
