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.

The Red-billed Emerald is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. Formerly it was considered as part of the species C. mellisugus, Blue-tailed Emerald. As considered here, it does not include C. melanorhynchus, (Western Emerald), of west Colombia and Ecuador, which is sometimes considered conspecific. 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. More

Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) by Bradley Davis. More

The Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. Red-billed Francolin * Red-billed Francolin - * The Red-billed Francolin (Francolinus adspersus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. More

Red-billed Emerald was seen. We moved on to a wetland area near SFF Los Flamencos which held American Flamingo, Reddish Egret, Great Egret, and Snowy Egret. A single Willet flew by and a Caspian Tern was roosting on an exposed sandbar. Just down the road we walked into another scrubby area and immediately found a Russet-throated Puffbird perched near the track. More

Red-billed Emerald The Red-Billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. 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. See more at Wikipedia.org... More

Order : Apodiformes
Family : Trochilidae
Genus : Chlorostilbon
Species : gibsoni
Authority : (Fraser, 1840)