Blue-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes notata (Reich, 1793)

Spanish: Esmeralda Gorjiazul

The Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.2 g and its bill is 19.4 mm long. It lives in 9 countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern.

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At a glance

Weight

4.2 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

19.4 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 9 countries

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Brazil
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Peru
• Guyana
• French Guiana
• Suriname
• Ecuador

Others in the genus Chlorestes

• Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
• White-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes cyanus
• Blue-throated Goldentail Chlorestes eliciae
• White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida

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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