Description
Amazilia lactea, Chácara Antonio Wuo, Mogi das Cruzes-SP (Brazil)
Date 26 April 2008, 15:04
Source BEIJA-FLOR-DE-PEITO-AZUL (Amazilia lactea) http://www.flickr.com/photos/10786455@N00/2460407292/
Author Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil http://www.flickr.com/people/10786455@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazilia_lactea-4.jpg

The sapphire-spangled emerald (Amazilia lactea) is a species of hummingbird that occurs in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil from the Amazon south to Santa Catarina; there are uncertain records from east Ecuador. Both male and female have a bright "sapphire" blue chest and chin and green-blue abdomen with a well-delineated white stripe. The bill is almost straight with a black upper mandible and pink lower mandible. The emerald is found in forest edges, mountainous regions and gardens in urban areas. Order: Apodiformes, Family: Trochilidae, Synonyms: Polyerata lactea.