White-tailed Emerald

The White-tailed 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 White-Tailed Emerald (Elvira chionura) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Elvira chionura References - * BirdLife International 2004. Elvira chionura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007. More

White-tailed Emerald, until the last couple of years, was known in central Panama only from the highest elevations of Cerro Gaital National Monument (generally found above the mirador, the highest point visited by most routine tours). On August 15th, 2005 Michael Harvey and Jos More

White-tailed Emerald (Elvira chionura) photo, Feeding at Flower, Cocl More

White-tailed Emerald, Panama, El Valle Anton 2009-03-28 © Bjorn Anderson Another regional endemic that showed nicely. More

Order : Apodiformes
Family : Trochilidae
Genus : Elvira
Species : chionura
Authority : (Gould, 1851)