Violet-chested hummingbird
| Violet-chested hummingbird | |
|---|---|
| male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Lampornithini |
| Genus: | Sternoclyta Gould, 1858 |
| Species: | S. cyanopectus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846) | |
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.