Birds of Ecuador

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Chrysuronia (3 species, 9 worldwide)


Blue-headed Sapphire
Blue-headed Sapphire (Chrysuronia grayi) Male
Finca Alejandria, Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the dry areas below the cloud forest specially near cacti, but may pop into the cloud forest to visit a feeder. Female very ordinary with some red on bill and no blue head.


Humboldt's Sapphire
Humboldt's Sapphire (Chrysuronia humboldtii) Male
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare and local along Pacific coast. Seen at mangrove flowers when they are in bloom, and otherwise in fields and forest edges.
Additional photo.

Golden-tailed Sapphire
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone oenone) Male
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
  Golden-tailed Sapphires northward of north Peru have a blue head.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-tailed Sapphire
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone oenone) Female
Vereda Verdeyaco, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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