- Chlorestes cyanus
Hylocharis cyanus
Identification
8–9 cm (3-3½ in)
Male
- Straight red bill with black tip
- Dark blue forehead, crown, cheeks and throat
- Green flanks
- Grey belly (different amount depending on subspecies)
- Coppery rump which contrast with both green back and dark blue tail (shallowly forked).
Similar species
Distribution
In South America, it has been found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, The Guianas, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:
- C. c. viridiventris:
- C. c. rostrata:
- C. c. conversa:
- East Bolivia to northern Paraguay and south-western Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)
- C. c. cyanus:
- Coastal eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)
- C. c. griseiventris:
- Coastal south-eastern Brazil (São Paulo) to north-eastern Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Habitat
Forest edges, gallery forest, riparian woodland, white sand forests and restinga.
Behaviour
Diet
They take nectar from a wide variety of plants.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/8564ACE3]. Retrieved 15 December 2021
- Weller, A.A. and G. M. Kirwan (2021). White-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whcsap1.01.1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-chinned Sapphire. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-chinned_Sapphire
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
