White-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes cyanus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Chlorestes
eBird Code
whcsap1

Subspecies (5)

  • Chlorestes cyanus conversa

    eastern Bolivia to northern Paraguay and southwestern Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)

  • Chlorestes cyanus cyanus

    coastal eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)

  • Chlorestes cyanus griseiventris

    coastal southeastern Brazil (São Paulo) to northeastern Argentina (Buenos Aires)

  • Chlorestes cyanus rostrata

    eastern Peru to northeastern Bolivia and western Brazil (Mato Grosso)

  • Chlorestes cyanus viridiventris

    Colombia to the Guianas, southern Venezuela, and northern Brazil

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.