Violet-chested Hummingbird

Sternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846)

Violet-chested Hummingbird, Sternoclyta cyanopectus, is a hummingbird of northern and western Venezuela, with a small extension into Colombia. It is the only species in its genus and has no subspecies. The bird is mainly associated with humid subtropical forest and woodland, and it also uses mature secondary forest and coffee plantations. It is found from sea level to 2,000 m, though it is rarely recorded below 700 m. It is sedentary. Males show a glittering violet-blue patch on the breast, while both sexes have a decurved black bill and a small white mark behind the eye.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Breeding range

South America: n Venezuela