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title: "Picaflor lazulita"
description: "Chlorestes cyanus — Aves. The White-chinned sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) is a small species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/white-chinned-sapphire
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Picaflor lazulita

> Chlorestes cyanus — Aves. The White-chinned sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) is a small species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

- Scientific name: *Chlorestes cyanus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 710
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289630](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289630)

## Names

- en: White-chinned Sapphire
- de: Weißkinn-Saphirkolibri
- es: Picaflor lazulita
- fr: Colibri azuré

## Countries with the most observations

BR (461), PE (40), CO (28), BO (19), GF (17), SR (5), GY (4), VE (3)

## Summary

The White-chinned sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus) is a small species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
It is found in northern and eastern South America.
It inhabits a variety of environments, including lowland tropical forests, woodland edges, and clearings with scattered trees. This species is known for its distinctive steel-blue tail and sexual dimorphism, with males displaying a violet-blue head and throat and a coral-red bill, while females have subdued green plumage. The White-chinned sapphire feeds primarily on nectar from flowering plants but also consumes small arthropods such as insects and spiders…

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

## Photo

![Picaflor lazulita](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-chinned-sapphire/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256149051

## Machine access

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