Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Chlorostilbon (7 species, 16 worldwide)


Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni gibsoni) Male Juntas, Ibague, Tolima, Colombia
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni nitens) Female Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Only half of the lower mandible of the male is red. Note all green vent vs. [Shining-green Hummingbird].


Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) Male Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) Female La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Male in flight.


Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) Male Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus peruanus) Female Villa Carmen, Pilcopata, Peru Note blue tail on female as well.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Chiribiquete Emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi) ENDEMIC


Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani poortmani) Male Rogitama Biodiversidad, Arcabuco, Boyaca, Colombia
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Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) Female Colombia
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus) Male Santa Marta, Colombia
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Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus) Female Santa Marta, Colombia
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female have coppery (bronzy) color on back and especially tail, which is a noticably different color from other emeralds.


Narrow-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus) Male Venezuela
Photograph by Margareta Wieser © All Rights Reserved.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Nicaragua       Cuba