Birds of Bolivia

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Chlorestes (1 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.


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