Purple-chested Hummingbird
Polyerata rosenbergi
Emerald green hummingbird found in humid forest in lowlands and foothills of northwestern Ecuador and western Colombia. Note, especially, the white vent. Male has bluish-purple patch on breast, which is reduced or lacking in female. Both sexes quite similar to Blue-chested hummingbird but can be distinguished by the contrasting white vent. Usually encountered at forest edge or in clearings, and visits feeders in a few places.
Taxonomy
This species was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Amazilia was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the purple-chested hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Polyerata.
- Scientific name
- Polyerata rosenbergi
- Authority
- Boucard, 1895
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Polyerata
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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