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Photo by luis jelenszky
Canopy Tower, Panama, May 2005

Amazilia amabilis

[edit] Identification

Male: upperparts green with bronze sheen, strongly green on crown. Underside mostly dull but in ideal light the upper breast and lower throat will look blue or violet-blue, and there are many green spots on rest of underparts. Bill is nearly straight, black except a pink base to lower mandible.

Female
Photo by michha62
Cerro azul, Panama, December 2009

Female: Upperside reminds of male, underside as weak version of male.

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: north-eastern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South Anerica: Colombia, Ecuador (west of the Andes).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Charming Hummingbird has been split from this species. Some authorities place Blue-chested Hummingbird in genus Polyerata.

[edit] Habitat

Primary lowland rainforest, and forest edges at mid-elevation.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Photo by michha62
Cerro azul, Panama, December 2009

Mainly nectar. Readily uses garden feeders.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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