Chlorostilbon

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Chlorostilbon is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, known as emeralds (as are some hummingbirds in the genera Amazilia and Elvira). A single species, the blue-chinned sapphire is variously placed in the monotypic genus Chlorestes or in Chlorostilbon. The taxonomy of the C. mellisugus superspecies is highly complex and, depending on view, includes 1-8 species. All species in this genus have straight black or black-and-red bills. The males are overall iridescent green, golden-green or bluish-green, and in some species the tail and/or throat is blue.[2] The females have whitish-grey underparts, tail-corners and post-ocular streak.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Clade:Strisores
Order:Apodiformes
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Chlorostilbon
Blue-tailed emerald
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Chlorostilbon
Gould, 1853
Type species
Chlorostilbon prasinus[1] = Trochilus pucherani
Gould, 1853
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Taxonomy

The genus Chlorostilbon was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species to which Gould gave the binomial name Chlorostilbon prasinus.[3] This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the glittering-bellied emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus pucherani.[4][5][6]

Species

The genus contains ten species:[6]

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Genus Chlorostilbon – Gould, 1853 – ten species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Garden emerald

 Chlorostilbon assimilis
Lawrence, 1861		 Costa Rica and Panama
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Western emerald


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 Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
Gould, 1860		 Colombia and Ecuador.
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Red-billed emerald


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 Chlorostilbon gibsoni
(Fraser, 1840)

Three subspecies
  • C. g. gibsoni
  • C. g. chrysogaster
  • C. g. nitens
Colombia and Venezuela
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Blue-tailed emerald

 Chlorostilbon mellisugus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Seven subspecies
 Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south to northern Bolivia and central Brazil
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Chiribiquete emerald Chlorostilbon olivaresi
Stiles, 1996		 Colombia
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Glittering-bellied emerald


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 Chlorostilbon lucidus
(Shaw, 1812)

Three subspecies
 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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Coppery emerald

 Chlorostilbon russatus
(Salvin & Godman, 1881)		 Colombia and Venezuela
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Narrow-tailed emerald Chlorostilbon stenurus
(Cabanis & Heine, 1860)		 Colombia and Venezuela
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Green-tailed emerald

 Chlorostilbon alice
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848)		 Venezuela
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Short-tailed emerald


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 Chlorostilbon poortmani
(Bourcier, 1843)

Two subspecies
  • C. p. poortmani
  • C. p. euchloris
Colombia and Venezuela
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