Violet-chested Hummingbird
Photo: Steven Bodzin · CC BY 4.0

Hummingbirds

Violet-chested Hummingbird

Sternoclyta cyanopectus

LCLeast Concern
Family
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Order
Apodiformes

Overview

The violet-chested hummingbird (Sternoclyta cyanopectus) is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Andes of western Venezuela and coastal cordillera eastward to Miranda.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.