Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)

Other Scientific Names
Polyerata amabilis [del Hoyo et al. (1999)]

Other Names (World)
Blue-chested Hummingbird, Blue-breasted Hummingbird, Beryl-crowned Hummingbird, Lovely Hummingbird, Charming Hummingbird (decora)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1853)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m, occasionally up to 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (58)...)

Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) [XC548167]
by Joost van Bruggen from Santa F\u00e9, Provincia de Veraguas, Panama (song)

Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) [XC264468]
by Paul Coopmans from Esmeraldas: N of Quinind\u00e9, R\u00edo Quinind\u00e9, Ecuador (song, feeding territory (?) song)

Subspecies
Subspecies decora sometimes considered a separate species, on grounds mainly of morphological differences, combined with distribution.

Proposed subspecies costaricensis (Nicaragua to Panama) inseparable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

amabilis (Gould, 1853) - North-eastern Nicaragua to north-central Colombia and Ecuador west of Andes; possibly south-eastern Honduras.
decora Salvin, 1891 - Pacific slope of south-western Costa Rica and extreme western Panama. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Charming Hummingbird (Amazilia decora).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis) - 10 files

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