White-chinned sapphire
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| Female (above) and male (below) in São Paulo, Brazil | |
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| Species: | H. cyanus
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| Hylocharis cyanus Vieillot, 1818
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The white-chinned sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Description
The male has a prussian blue head and is green with a red beak while the female is brown and white with a black beak.
References
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