Chlorestes

Chlorestes
Blue-chinned sapphire, (Chlorestes notata)
Scientific classification
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

Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.

Species

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

1. "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. 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.