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The sapphire-bellied hummingbird is 8.9 to 9.4 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long. Males weigh about 4.3 g (0.15 oz). Males' bills have a black maxilla and a black-tipped pinkish mandible. They have a shining green crown, back, and rump and their tail is forked and blue-black. They have a glittering purple gorget and the rest of their underparts are glittering blue. The female's weight has not been documented nor its plumage described, though the latter is thought to be similar to the male's but grayer on the underparts. Voice: Xeno-canto and Cornell University's Macaulay Library have only a few recordings of the sapphire-bellied hummingbird's vocalizations. They are described as "a series of short chatters".
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When to see the Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
The sapphire-bellied hummingbird is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Colombia.
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Easily confused with
Humboldt's SapphireChrysuronia humboldtiiHumboldt's sapphire is 9 to 12.5 cm (3.5 to 4.9 in) long.
Mangrove HummingbirdChrysuronia boucardiThe mangrove hummingbird is 9.5 to 11 cm (3.7 to 4.3 in) long and weighs about 4.5 g (0.16 oz).
Blue-headed SapphireChrysuronia grayiThe blue-headed sapphire is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long.
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