Purple-chested hummingbird

Purple-chested hummingbird
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Polyerata
Species:	P. rosenbergi
Binomial name
Polyerata rosenbergi Boucard, 1895

The purple-chested hummingbird (Polyerata rosenbergi) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest. It is commonly hunted for the supposed medicinal properties of its beak by indigenous peoples in the area.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia . A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Amazilia was polyphyletic. ^[3] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the purple-chested hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Polyerata . ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. BirdLife International. (2023). "Polyerata rosenbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T22687559A237575838. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T22687559A237575838.en . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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. 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.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.