Birds of Guyana

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Chrysuronia (2 species, 9 worldwide)


White-chested Emerald
White-chested Emerald (Chrysuronia brevirostris chionopectus)
Trinidad and Tobago
  Note gold back and tail and straight black bill.
   
Photograph by Dominic Sherony     Copyright and usage info

White-chested Emerald
White-chested Emerald (Chrysuronia brevirostris orienticola)
French Guiana  
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.

Not a 'chlorostilbon' emerald hummingbird, which are smaller and greener, but an 'amazilia', a large genus of medium-sized 'ordinary' hummingbirds. The White-chested Emerald has a black bill, and has a gold rump and tail (compared to Plain-bellied Emerald). Male and female similar.

Plain-bellied Emerald
Plain-bellied Emerald (Chrysuronia leucogaster leucogaster)
French Guiana
  Note red lower mandible.
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.

Not a 'chlorostilbon' emerald hummingbird, which are smaller and greener, but an 'amazilia', a large genus of medium-sized 'ordinary' hummingbirds. The Plain-bellied Emerald may have a red lower mandible, and has a green or blue rump and tail (compared to White-chested Emerald with a copper rump). Male and female similar.


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