Chlorestes
Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.
Species
The genus contains five species:| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Chlorestes candida | White-bellied emerald | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, and Nicaragua | |
| Chlorestes eliciae | Blue-throated sapphire | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama | |
| Chlorestes cyanus | White-chinned sapphire | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela | |
| Chlorestes julie | Violet-bellied hummingbird | Colombia, Ecuador, Panama | |
| Chlorestes notata | Blue-chinned sapphire | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela |
This genus formerly included only the blue-chinned sapphire. Additional species were moved to this genus based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the hummingbirds published in 2014.