Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

White-chinned Sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus) - HBW 5, p. 589

French: Saphir azuré German: Weißkinn-Saphirkolibri Spanish: Zafiro Gorgiblanco

Taxonomy: Trochilus cyanus Vieillot, 1818, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Species name has alternatively been given as cyana or cyanea, but original name is a Greek noun, and is not variable. “H. pyropygia” is probably a hybrid of present species and Chlorostilbon aureoventris pucherani; “Chlorostilbon hypocyaneus”, known only from two trade skins from Bahia, may be a hybrid of present species with Chlorostilbon notatus, or a mutant of that species, or possibly even a valid species. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

viridiventris Berlepsch, 1880 - N & E Colombia, W & S Venezuela and the Guianas to N Brazil (to Mato Grosso and Maranhão).
rostrata Boucard, 1895 - E Peru, NE Bolivia and W Brazil (Mato Grosso); probably E Ecuador.
conversa Zimmer, 1950 - E Bolivia, N Paraguay and SW Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul).

See all 5 subspecies

viridiventris Berlepsch, 1880 - N & E Colombia, W & S Venezuela and the Guianas to N Brazil (to Mato Grosso and Maranhão).
rostrata Boucard, 1895 - E Peru, NE Bolivia and W Brazil (Mato Grosso); probably E Ecuador.
conversa Zimmer, 1950 - E Bolivia, N Paraguay and SW Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul).
cyanus (Vieillot, 1818) - coastal E Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro).
griseiventris Grantsau, 1988 - coastal SE Brazil (São Paulo) and NE Argentina (Buenos Aires).