White-chinned Sapphire

Common name: White-chinned Sapphire
Scientific name: Chlorestes cyanu
Clades: Trochilini - Emeralds

The White-chinned Sapphire has a straight bill, green nape and back, and a coppery rump and dark tail. In the field, males appear very dark, but in the right light, they show a violet-blue head, a whitish chin, and green below. There is a black tip on the red bill. The heads of females are green, while the throats are speckled and the belly is off-white. This species is found in humid forests and forest edges, as well as second-growth forests.

5 subspecies:

1. C. c. viridiventris
   Distribution N and E Colombia, W, S and E Venezuela and the Guianas to N Brazil (S to Mato Grosso, E to Maranhão).

2. C. c. rostrata
   Distribution E Peru, N Bolivia and W Brazil S of R Amazon (E to R Madeira); probably E Ecuador.

3. C. c. conversa
   Distribution E Bolivia.

4. C. c. cyanus
   Distribution coastal E Brazil from Pernambuco S to Rio de Janeiro.

5. C. c. griseiventris
   Distribution SE Brazil (coastal São Paulo; N Paraná). Old record from NE Argentina (Buenos Aires).

taken in Brazil

taken in Peru