Birds of the World

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Genus: Chlorestes (5 species)


White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida) Range: MA: e Mexico to Nicaragua Valle Nacional, Mexico
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


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


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

An odd tailless bird in flight.


Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae eliciae) Male Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to nw Colombia Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae) Female Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to nw Colombia Oaxaca, Mexico
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie panamensis) Male Range: MA, SA: Panama to nw Peru Panama
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie) Female Range: MA, SA: Panama to nw Peru 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 (Chlorestes notata) Male Range: SA: Colombia to e Brazil and Amazonia Itacaré, Brazil
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata) Female Range: SA: Colombia to e Brazil and Amazonia French Guiana
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE © All Rights Reserved.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba