Chrysuronia lilliae
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The sapphire-bellied hummingbird (Chrysuronia lilliae) is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Colombia. The sapphire-bellied hummingbird was formerly placed in the genera Lepidopyga and Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that both genera were polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the sapphire-bellied hummingbird was moved by most taxonomic systems to Chrysuronia. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains it in Amazilia. At times the species has been treated as a subspecies of the sapphire-throated hummingbird (C. coeruleogularis).
The sapphire-bellied hummingbird is monotypic. 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... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 153 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird in Barranquilla on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June and August–January, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Barranquilla, in our data
Barranquilla is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Barranquilla (25 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
