Birds of Panama

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)   →
Genus: Chlorestes (2 species, 5 worldwide)


Blue-throated Sapphire
Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae eliciae) Male
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Blue-throated Sapphire
Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae) Female
Oaxaca, Mexico   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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.


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