| Chlorestes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Blue-chinned sapphire, (Chlorestes notata) | |
Scientific 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 | |
Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.
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]
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