Humboldt's Sapphire
Chrysuronia humboldtii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)
Spanish: Amazilia de Humboldt
The Humboldt's Sapphire (Chrysuronia humboldtii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 5.6 g and its bill is 21.0 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 5.6 g, about 6 paperclips
- Bill
- 21.0 mm
- Lives in
- Shrubland
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Chrysuronia emeralds, sapphires
Where it lives · 3 countries
Others in the genus Chrysuronia
- Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Chrysuronia lilliae
- Blue-headed Sapphire Chrysuronia grayi
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
- Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster
- Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
- Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
- Versicolored Emerald Chrysuronia versicolor
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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