Polyerata amabilis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The blue-chested hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
The hummingbird feeds by trap-lining and also defends feeding territory (particularly in nectar-poor habitat), taking nectar and also small insects gleaned from foliage. These foraging territories are often on the borders of forests in areas of scattered flowers. The males will form leks to try to gain the attention of females during breeding season.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Amazilia was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the blue-chested hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Polyerata. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 13 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-chested Hummingbird sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 364 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 329 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-chested Hummingbird in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against about 10% in March and April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-chested 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.
5th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Blue-chested Hummingbird sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%), Utría National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-chested Hummingbird that you can see in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 50%), Long-billed Hermit (about 40%) and Stripe-throated Hermit (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-chested Hummingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (364 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
