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title: "Picaflor Pecho Azul"
description: "Chionomesa lactea — Aves. The sapphire-spangled emerald (Chionomesa lactea) is a species of hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/sapphire-spangled-emerald
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Picaflor Pecho Azul

> Chionomesa lactea — Aves. The sapphire-spangled emerald (Chionomesa lactea) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Chionomesa lactea*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1850
- Wikidata: [Q117253778](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117253778)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289638](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289638)

## Names

- en: Sapphire-spangled Emerald
- de: Saphiramazilie
- es: Picaflor Pecho Azul
- fr: Ariane saphirine

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1233), PE (192), BO (42), AR (4)

## Summary

The sapphire-spangled emerald (Chionomesa lactea) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is regularly found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela; as a vagrant in Argentina; and has possibly occurred in Ecuador.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire-spangled_emerald

## Photo

![Picaflor Pecho Azul](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sapphire-spangled-emerald/medium.jpg)

Photo: Arne Holgersson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137657968

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sapphire-spangled-emerald?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).