Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi)

Other Names (World)
Purple-chested Hummingbird, Rosenberg's Emerald

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
Boucard, 1895

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 200 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador.

Western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Purple-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata rosenbergi) [XC250463]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Canand\u00e9, Ecuador (song)

Purple-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata rosenbergi) [XC261737]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (alarm call, alarm calls, perched female)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes lumped into Agyrtria.

Proposed subspecies reini (north-western Ecuador) separated on basis of extent of breast patch, different throat coloration and longer bill, but these traits are attributable to individual variation.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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