Biology:White-chinned sapphire

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Short description: Species of bird

White-chinned sapphire
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Female (above) and male (below) in São Paulo, Brazil
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chlorestes
Species:
C. cyanus
Binomial name
Chlorestes cyanus
(Vieillot, 1818)
Hylocharis cyanus map.svg

The white-chinned sapphire (Chlorestes 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.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Hylocharis. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Hylocharis was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the white-chinned sapphire was moved to Chlorestes.[3][4]

Description

The male is green, with a blue head and dark-tipped red beak;[5] the female is brown and white with a black beak. Its mandible may change color as it ages.[5]

References

  1. "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  2. McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078. 
  3. Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321277435. 
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Carnes, Blaine; Antezana Aponte, Mariamercedes; Huayanca Munarriz, Renato; Martínez, Ari E. (2021-09-20). "PREFORMATIVE MOLT EXTENT AND AGING AND SEXING CRITERIA FOR EIGHT HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU". Ornitología Neotropical 32 (2): 106–115. doi:10.58843/ornneo.v32i2.867. ISSN 1075-4377. http://dx.doi.org/10.58843/ornneo.v32i2.867. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1259313 entry