Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon alice) - HBW 5, p. 576
French: Émeraude alice
German: Grünschwanz-Smaragdkolibri
Spanish: Esmeralda Coliverde
Taxonomy: Trochilus Alice Bourcier and Mulsant, 1848, Caracas.
Possibly forms a superspecies with C. stenurus and C. poortmani. C. stenurus ignotus has been considered synonymous with present species. Probably includes C. micans, with all of plumage rich reddish-golden, known only from type specimen of unknown origin. “Ptochoptera iolaima”, known from a specimen taken at Ypanema, São Paulo (Brazil), is probably a hybrid between present species and C. poortmani. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountainous regions of N Venezuela, from Falcón (Sierra de San Luis) S to Lara and Trujillo, and E to Sucre and N Monagas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close lateral view of a female-plumaged bird on a branch Locality Colonia Tovar, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 5 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
A lateral view of a male resting on its perch Locality Colonia Tovar, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 November 2003 4 years ago 1 min 7 sec 4 -
A front view of a male perched Locality Colonia Tovar, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 November 2003 4 years ago 29 sec 3.8
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A female feeding at garden flowers.
Locality San Pedro, Lara State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
philgunson 31 October 2008 4 years ago 4 -
Dorsal view of female in flight.
Locality San Pedro, Lara State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
philgunson 31 October 2008 4 years ago 3 -
A male feeding at a flower (higher rosolution available)
Locality Lara State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 12 February 2010 1 year ago 2.8
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