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Hummingbirds

Blue-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes notata

The blue-chinned sapphire or blue-chinned emerald 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, the species' range is along the main Amazon River Basin, as well as the Atlantic Forest, both in the northeast, as well as far south on the southeast coastal strip,. It is sometimes placed in the genus Chlorostilbon.

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