Genus Chlorostilbon

 

Garden Emerald - This is a species of open habitats, including bushy savanna, clearings, cultivation, and gardens. It can be found in the Pacific lowlands and hills, locally up to an elevation of 1500 m.

 

Golden-crowned Emerald - The Golden-Crowned Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Mexico.

 

Brace's Emerald - Its size was 9.5 cm, the wing length 11.4 cm and length of the tail 2.7 cm. The black bill was slightly curved and conical pointed. The feet were black. The back exhibited a bronze green hue with a golden gleam. The head was similar coloured like the back with the absence of the golden gloss. Directly behind the eyes was a white spot. The throat gleamed in magnificent blue green colour hues. The abdomen had green feathers with ash-grey tips. The wings exhibited a purplish hue. The rectrices were greenish. The crissum was grey with a faint cinnamon hue at the edges.

 

Cozumel Emerald - Cozumel Emerald

 

Red-billed Emerald - It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Glittering-bellied Emerald - The Glittering-bellied Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It was formerly listed by the scientific name Chlorostilbon aureoventris, but this was shown to be mistaken by Pacheco & Whitney . It is found in north-eastern Argentina, eastern and central Bolivia, eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is widespread and often common in a wide range of semi-open habitats, including gardens and parks.

 

Puerto rican emerald - The species displays sexual dimorphism with males and females differing in coloration. The male has iridescent green feathers on its body and a black tail while the female has a white breast and white out tail feathers. They measure 9-10 cm and weigh about 3 grams. The species is found mainly in mountainous regions of Puerto Rico but also occurs along the southwest coast of the main island. Puerto Rican Emeralds are highly territorial, often defending territories with intense aerial pursuits.

 

Western Emerald - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

 

Garden Emerald - The taxonomy is highly complex and it often includes C. canivetii, C. auriceps, C. forficatus, C. assimilis, C. gibsoni and C. melanorhynchus from north-western South America and Central America as subspecies.

 

Chiribiquete Emerald - The Chiribiquete Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Colombia.

 

Short-tailed Emerald - The binomial name was given by Jules Bourcier , a French naturalist and expert on hummingbirds.

Cuban Emerald - The Cuban Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in Cuba and the Bahamas.

 

Coppery Emerald - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

 

Narrow-tailed Emerald - The Narrow-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.

Order : Apodiformes
Family : Trochilidae
Genus : Chlorostilbon