White-chinned sapphire
| White-chinned sapphire | |
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| Female (above) and male (below) in São Paulo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Chlorestes |
| Species: | C. cyanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorestes cyanus (Vieillot, 1818)
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The white-chinned sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) is a species of
Trochilidae
.
It is found in northern South America.
Its natural subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
, and heavily degraded former forest.
This species was formerly placed in the genus
Description
The male is green, with a blue head and dark-tipped red beak;[6] the female is brown and white with a black beak. Its mandible may change color as it ages.[6]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Hylocharis cyanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- PMID 24704078.
- PMID 29245495.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ ISSN 1075-4377.
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