Sapphire-throated Hummingbird

Chrysuronia coeruleogularis (Gould, 1851)

Spanish: Colibrí Gorjizafiro

The Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (Chrysuronia coeruleogularis) 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 21.5 mm long. It lives in Panama, Colombia and Costa Rica. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.2 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

21.5 mm

Lives in

Shrubland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Panama
• Colombia
• Costa Rica

Others in the genus Chrysuronia

• Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
• Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Chrysuronia lilliae
• Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
• Humboldt's Sapphire Chrysuronia humboldtii
• Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
• Blue-headed Sapphire Chrysuronia grayi
• Versicolored Emerald Chrysuronia versicolor
• White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
• Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster

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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