Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.
| Chlorestes | |
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| Blue-chinned sapphire, (Chlorestes notata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Species
editThe genus contains five species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Chlorestes candida | White-bellied emerald | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, and Nicaragua |
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Chlorestes eliciae | Blue-throated sapphire | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama |
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Chlorestes cyanus | White-chinned sapphire | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela |
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Chlorestes julie | Violet-bellied hummingbird | Colombia, Ecuador, Panama |
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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
edit- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.