Blue-chested Hummingbird

Polyerata amabilis (Gould, 1853)

Spanish: Amazilia Amable

The Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.3 g and its bill is 21.3 mm long. It lives in Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.3 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

21.3 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Polyerata

Where it lives · 6 countries

• Panama
• Costa Rica
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Nicaragua
• Honduras rare visitor

Others in the genus Polyerata

• Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi
• Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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