Blue-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes notata (Reich, 1793)

8.9 cmLength4.2 gWeight

The blue-chinned sapphire or blue-chinned emerald (Chlorestes notata) is a hummingbird that ranges from Colombia south and east to the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, and Brazil.

Busiest months: December · Most records: Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Venezuela

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: December · Most records: Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Venezuela

Blue-chinned Sapphire has been recorded at 116 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 9 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Asa Wright Nature CenterTrinidad & Tobago4,195 records
Porto Seguro – RPPN Estação VeracelBrazil251 records
Blanchisseuse RoadTrinidad & Tobago238 records

More places

Linhares – Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio DoceBrazil172 records
RPPN Pedra D'AntasBrazil152 records
Grand Riviere – Monte Video RoadTrinidad & Tobago128 records
Hacienda JacanaTrinidad & Tobago104 records
Sierra de San Luis – Caserio de AcuriguaVenezuela100 records
El Jaguar ProAves reserveColombia92 records
San IgnacioVenezuela67 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Trinidad & Tobago Brazil Venezuela Colombia Guyana Peru Suriname French Guiana

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The blue-chinned sapphire or blue-chinned emerald (Chlorestes notata) is a hummingbird that ranges from Colombia south and east to the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, and Brazil. There have been occasional records from Tobago. For Brazil, the species' range is along the main Amazon River Basin, as well as the Atlantic Forest, both in the northeast, as well as far south on the southeast coastal strip, (an entire coastal strip, north-east-south of about 3,000 km (1,900 mi)).

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