''Chlorestes'' is a genus of

hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics ar ...

Species

The genus contains five species: *

White-bellied emerald The white-bellied emerald (''Chlorestes candida'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.HBW and BirdLife International (202 ...

, ''Chlorestes candida'' (formerly placed in '' Amazilia'') *

Blue-throated sapphire The blue-throated goldentail (''Chlorestes eliciae''), also known as the blue-throated sapphire, is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicara ...

, ''Chlorestes eliciae'' (formerly placed in '' Hylocharis'') *

White-chinned sapphire The white-chinned sapphire (''Chlorestes cyanus'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in northern South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry sh ...

, ''Chlorestes cyanus'' (formerly placed in ''Hylocharis'') *

Violet-bellied hummingbird The violet-bellied hummingbird (''Chlorestes julie'') is a species of hummingbird characterized by the male's shimmering violet belly. Taxonomy and systematics The scientific name of this bird is currently ''Chlorestes julie,'' however, it wa ...

, ''Chlorestes julie'' (formerly placed in ''Juliamyia'') *

Blue-chinned sapphire 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, ...

, ''Chlorestes notata'' This genus formerly included only the blue-chinned sapphire. Additional species were moved to this genus based on a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study of the hummingbirds published in 2014.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15873882 Chlorestes Bird genera