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title: "Blue-chested Hummingbird"
description: "Polyerata amabilis — Vogels. The blue-chested hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-chested-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-chested Hummingbird

> Polyerata amabilis — Vogels. The blue-chested hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

- Scientific name: *Polyerata amabilis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1232
- Wikidata: [Q117253783](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117253783)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289634](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289634)

## Names

- en: Blue-chested Hummingbird
- de: Blaubrustamazilie
- es: Amazilia pechiazul
- fr: Ariane aimable

## Countries with the most observations

PA (638), CR (215), CO (75), EC (27)

## Summary

The blue-chested hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
The hummingbird feeds by trap-lining and also defends feeding territory (particularly in nectar-poor habitat), taking nectar and also small insects gleaned from foliage. These foraging territories are often on the borders of forests in areas of scattered flowers. The males will form leks to try to gain the attention of females during breeding…

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

## Photo

![Blue-chested Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-chested-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199861347

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-chested-hummingbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).