Mountain avocetbill

Mountain avocetbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Opisthoprora
Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Species: O. euryptera
Binomial name
Opisthoprora euryptera
Loddiges, 1832

The mountain avocetbill (Opisthoprora euryptera) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family, the only member of its genus.

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or temperate moist montane forests.

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