White-chinned sapphire
The white-chinned sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in northern South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
| 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 | |
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. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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