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. For Brazil, the species' range is along the main

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Basin, as well as the

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of forests and sometimes cultivated areas with large trees. The female lays her eggs in a deep cup nest, made of

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s and nectar, mainly in trees but sometimes on vines, shrubs, herbs, epiphytes or smaller plants like ''

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Description

The blue-chinned sapphire is 8.9 cm long and weighs 3.8 g. The bill is fairly straight, with the upper mandible black and the lower reddish. The male has mainly green plumage, darker above, with white thighs, a forked metallic blue tail and blue upper throat. The female differs from the male in that she has green-spotted white underparts.

References

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External links

Blue-chinned sapphire photo gallery
VIREO {{Taxonbar, from=Q27996612 Chlorestes Birds of Venezuela Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon Birds of the Peruvian Amazon Birds of the Guianas Birds of the Amazon Basin Birds of Trinidad and Tobago Birds of the Atlantic Forest Hummingbird species of South America blue-chinned sapphire blue-chinned sapphire Birds of Brazil Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN