Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.

Chlorestes
Blue-chinned sapphire, (Chlorestes notata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Chlorestes
Reichenbach, 1854
Type species
Trochilus caeruleus[1]
Vieillot, 1817
Species

5, see text

Species

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The genus contains five species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Chlorestes candida White-bellied emerald Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, and Nicaragua
  Chlorestes eliciae Blue-throated sapphire Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama
  Chlorestes cyanus White-chinned sapphire Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
  Chlorestes julie Violet-bellied hummingbird Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
  Chlorestes notata Blue-chinned sapphire Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

This genus formerly included only the blue-chinned sapphire. Additional species were moved to this genus based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the hummingbirds published in 2014.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ^ 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. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
  4. ^ 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.