Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Narrow-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus) - HBW 5, p. 576
French: Émeraude à queue étroite
German: Schmalschwanz-Smaragdkolibri
Spanish: Esmeralda Colifina
Taxonomy: Panychlora stenura Cabanis and Heine, 1860, Mérida.
Possibly forms a superspecies with C. alice and C. poortmani. Race ignotus sometimes considered synonymous with C. alice, or treated as a hybrid. Birds of Colombia and Ecuador have been separated as race acuticaudus, but doubtfully valid. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ignotus Todd, 1942 - NW Venezuela, from coastal range S to highlands of extreme SE Lara.
- stenurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) - NW Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida, Táchira) and NE Colombia (Norte de Santander possibly S to W Meta); NE Ecuador (Baeza).
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Male. Wings larger than tail
Locality El Morro, Mérida State, Venezuela
kperezleon 16 March 2012 9 weeks ago 3.3 -
Narrow-tailed Emerald at feeder - lateral view
Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 11 April 2009 3 years ago 3
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