The Andean Hillstar lives in the high Andes from southwestern Peru to northwestern Argentina. Males have a green throat bordered in black and feed on nectar while perched.
A male has an emerald-green throat with a black border, a white breast, and a chestnut belly stripe. A female is brownish green above and pale grey below.
It takes nectar from orange Chuquiragua spinosa flowers while perched.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.