Birds of Ecuador

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Chlorestes (3 species, 5 worldwide)



White-chinned Sapphire
White-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) Male
Sítio Folha Seca, São Paulo, Brazil
  White chin can be hard to see.
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

White-chinned Sapphire
White-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) Female
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An odd tailless bird in flight.

Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie panamensis) Male
Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie) Female
Soberania National Park, Panama
  Note female has blue back of tail and all white chest compared to female Blue-chested Hummingbird which has rufous back of tail.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-chinned Sapphire
Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata) Male
Itacaré, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-chinned Sapphire
Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata) Female
French Guiana  
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.



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