White-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes cyanus (Vieillot, 1818)

Spanish: Zafiro Gorjiblanco

The White-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 3.3 g and its bill is 20.1 mm long. It lives in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.3 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

20.1 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 Chlorestes emeralds, goldentails, sapphires

Where it lives · 8 countries

• Brazil
• Peru
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Bolivia
• Guyana
• Suriname
• French Guiana

Others in the genus Chlorestes

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

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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