Chlorostilbon
Genus of birds
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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.[1] The females have whitish-grey underparts, tail-corners and post-ocular streak.
| Chlorostilbon | |
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| Blue-tailed emerald | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Chlorostilbon Gould, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Chlorostilbon prasinus Gould, 1853=Trochilus pucherani Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848 | |
| Species | |
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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.[2] This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the glittering-bellied emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus pucherani.[3][4][5]
Species
The genus contains ten species:[5]
| Male | Female | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus |  | |
| Chiribiquete emerald | Chlorostilbon olivaresi |  | ||
.jpg) | _(8079740325).jpg) | Red-billed emerald | Chlorostilbon gibsoni |  |
_3044739427.jpg) | .jpg) | Glittering-bellied emerald | Chlorostilbon lucidus |  |
_(cropped).jpg) |  | Short-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon poortmani |  |
| Narrow-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon stenurus |  | ||
 | Green-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon alice |  | |
 | Coppery emerald | Chlorostilbon russatus |  | |
.jpg) | Garden emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis |  | |
 | Western emerald | Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus |  | |
