Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) - HBW 5, p. 575
French: Émeraude de Ricord
German: Kubasmaragdkolibri
Spanish: Esmeralda Zunzún
Taxonomy: Ornismya Ricordii Gervais, 1835, Santiago, Cuba.
Forms a superspecies with C swainsonii and C. maugaeus, and these three formerly separated in genus Riccordia. In past, considered to include Brace’s Emerald (C. bracei) as an extinct race, but this form now considered most likely a separate species (see page 533). Monotypic.
Distribution: Cuba (including Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo and nearby cays) and I of Pines, and Bahamas (Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, Andros, Green Cay); casual in rest of Bahamas.
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In a poeppigiana Erythrina tree that blooms in February. Not even allowed to approach other larger birds. Locality Tarará, La Habana Province, Cuba
Eduardo Tejeda Lima 8 February 2013 15 weeks ago 4 -
Male Cuban Emerald perching.
Locality Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Carlos Rodriguez 2 January 2011 42 weeks ago 4 -
Female Cuban Emerald on nest.
Locality Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Carlos Rodriguez 10 September 2011 42 weeks ago 4 -
Perching on a twig in the sunshine.
Locality Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba
David Lingard 9 February 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Feeding on nectar.
Locality Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba (Monotypic species)
David Lingard 10 February 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
Bird perched on branch
Locality Cuba
Zotyesz 10 September 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
Cuban Emerald resting in tree. Locality Cayo Guillermo, Cuba
Ron Harwood 14 February 2013 16 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird feeding on nectar.
Locality Bahamas
Peregrinesbirdblog 15 March 2010 3 years ago 3.4 -
A female in flight
Locality Breezes Jibacoa, Santa Cruz del Norte, La Habana Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 16 December 2008 3 years ago 3 -
Male on territory
Locality Holguín, Holguín Province, Cuba
Jim Watt 15 March 2005 4 years ago 3 -
Male feeding on flowers.
Locality Cactus Garden, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
cotinga18 2 February 2009 4 years ago 2.8 -
A bird feeding.
Locality Bahamas
Peregrinesbirdblog 15 March 2010 3 years ago 2.7
