White-chinned sapphire
| White-chinned sapphire | |
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| Female (above) and male (below) in São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Hylocharis |
| Species: | H. cyanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylocharis cyanus Vieillot, 1818 | |
The white-chinned sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Description
The male has a prussian blue head and is green with a red beak while the female is brown and white with a black beak.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hylocharis cyanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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