Birds of the World - Chlorostilbon

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Green-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon alice) Range: SA: n Venezuela


Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) Range: MA: sw Costa Rica and Panama Cerro Azul, Panama
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Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) Female Range: MA: sw Costa Rica and Panama Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni gibsoni) Male Range: SA: Colombia and nw Venezuela Huila, Colombia
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Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni nitens) Female Range: SA: Colombia and nw Venezuela Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia
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Only half of the lower mandible of the male is red. Note smaller size, straighter bill, and all green vent vs. scaled vent on Shining-green Hummingbird.
Male from back.
Showing red on lower mandible.


Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus berlepschi) Male Range: SA: e, se, sc Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
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Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus berlepschi) Female Range: SA: e, se, sc Laguna Oca, Formosa, Argentina
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Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) Male Range: SA: w Colombia and w, c Ecuador Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador
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Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) Female Range: SA: w Colombia and w, c Ecuador La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
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Male in flight.


Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) Male Range: SA: n, ne Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia
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Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus peruanus) Female Range: SA: n, ne Villa Carmen, Pilcopata, Peru Note blue tail on female as well.
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Chiribiquete Emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi) Range: SA: se Colombia


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

Found at higher altitudes that other species in the same genus. Note wings extend past the tail. Where species overlap, the male is more golden green than the darker green emeralds like Red-billed Emerald.


Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus) Male Range: SA: ne Colombia and nw Venezuela Santa Marta, Colombia
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus) Female Range: SA: ne Colombia and nw Venezuela 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 noticeably different color from other emeralds. Found from sea level to 2500m (HBW) but most common at mid levels (800-1800).


Narrow-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus) Male Range: SA: Venezuela, Colombia and ne Ecuador Venezuela
Photograph by Margareta Wieser © All Rights Reserved.