Birds of Venezuela

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Chlorostilbon (6 species, 10 worldwide)

Genus Chlorostilbon are 'emerald' hummingbirds, a group of small and very similar uniformly darkish green hummingbirds (the males). Females are white in front with a black stripe across the face.


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Green-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon alice) ENDEMIC
   



Red-billed Emerald
Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni gibsoni) Male
Huila, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-billed Emerald
Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni nitens) Female
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Only half of the lower mandible of the male is red. Note smaller size, straighter bill, and all green vent vs. scaled vent on Shining-green Hummingbird.
Showing red on lower mandible.
Male from back.
A female with a surprisingly blue tail.

Blue-tailed Emerald
Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) Male
Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-tailed Emerald
Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus peruanus) Female
Villa Carmen, Pilcopata, Peru
  Note blue tail on female as well.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Short-tailed Emerald
Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani poortmani) Male
Rogitama Biodiversidad, Arcabuco, Boyaca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Short-tailed Emerald
Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) Female
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at higher altitudes that other species in the same genus. Note wings extend past the tail. Where species overlap, the male is more golden green than the darker green emeralds like Red-billed Emerald.

Coppery Emerald
Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus) Male
Santa Marta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Coppery Emerald
Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus) Female
Santa Marta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female have coppery (bronzy) color on back and especially tail, which is a noticeably different color from other emeralds. Found from sea level to 2500m (HBW) but most common at mid levels (800-1800).

Narrow-tailed Emerald
Narrow-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus) Male
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.



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