Chlorestes Explained

Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.

Species

The genus contains five species:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Chlorestes candida		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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2020 . Hummingbirds . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 7 January 2020 .
2. 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 . 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 . free . 24704078 . 2014CBio...24..910M .
3. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3 . 29245495 .