Birds of the World


Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) Range: MA, SA: Nicaragua to s Ecuador ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia Note rufous back of tail on both sexes.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) Male Range: MA, SA: Nicaragua to s Ecuador Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Probable female from front.
Female at nest.


Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora) Male Range: MA: sw Costa Rica and w Panama Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the Blue-chested Hummingbird


Purple-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata rosenbergi) Male Range: SA: w Colombia and nw Ecuador Sabaletas, Valle de Cauca, Colombia
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© 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